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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Though the Lord taketh liberty to afflict those greatly that have not sinned greatly, yet they must not take liberty to complain of the greatness of their afflictions, how little soever their sins have been.
Though the Lord taketh liberty to afflict those greatly that have not sinned greatly, yet they must not take liberty to complaine of the greatness of their afflictions, how little soever their sins have been.
A gracious heart looks upon the least of his mercies, as greater then the greatest of his good deservings, and upon the greatest of his sufferings, as less then the least of his ill deservings or demerits. And surely (besides that liberty which God hath, as he is supreme, and sovereign, to afflict whom he will, and in what degree he will we must know, that, the least sin deserves the greatest wound. An evil thought deserves all the evil that can be heaped upon us. Whatsoever we suffer on this side hell is less then the least of our sins. And therefore if we have reason to confess our little sins great, and our greatest wounds little, compared with our little sins; how much more should we confess our great sufferings little, compared with our great sins, as the Church did (Ezra 9.13.) After all that is come upon us (our long and hard bondage in Babylon) for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, thou O Lord, hast punished us less then our iniquities deserve.
A gracious heart lookes upon the least of his mercies, as greater then the greatest of his good deservings, and upon the greatest of his sufferings, as lesse then the least of his ill deservings or demerits. And surely (besides that liberty which God hath, as he is supreame, and soveraigne, to afflict whom he will, and in what degree he will we must know, that, the least sin deserves the greatest wound. An evill thought deserves all the evill that can be heaped upon us. Whatsoever we suffer on this side hell is less then the least of our sins. And therefore if we have reason to confesse our little sins great, and our greatest wounds little, compared with our little sins; how much more should we confesse our great sufferings little, compared with our great sins, as the Church did (