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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.
Secondly, The word signifieth To have or be of the same will or mind with another. Thus also some render it here; It profiteth not a man, though he willeth with God, or be of the same mind with God. The Apostle exhorts (Phil: 2.5.) Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus. To will is an internal motion, to run an external; How fast soever a man may run with God in outward actings, yet, possibly, he doth not will with God at all, nor hath a mind conformable to the mind of God. The hypocrite is thus set out (Psal: 50.18, 19.) When thou sawest a thief, thou ⟨p. 545⟩consentedst with him, &c. Thou hadst a mind to be a thief as well as he. One wicked man minds and wills the same things with another, and all godly men will the same things with God. Yet (saith Job) it shall not profit a man, though he have the same will with God, or though he willeth the same good things which God himself willeth.
Secondly, The word signifieth To have or be of the same will or mind with another. Thus also some render it here; It profiteth not a man, though he willeth with God, or be of the same mind with God. The Apostle exhorts (Phil: 2.5.) Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus. To will is an internall motion, to run an externall; How fast soever a man may run with God in outward actings, yet, possibly, he doth not will with God at all, nor hath a mind conformable to the mind of God. The hypocrite is thus set out (Psal: 50.18, 19.) When thou sawest a thiefe, thou ⟨p. 545⟩consentedst with him, &c. Thou hadst a mind to be a thiefe as well as he. One wicked man minds and wills the same things with another, and all godly men will the same things with God. Yet (saith Job) it shall not profit a man, though he have the same will with God, or though he willeth the same good things which God himselfe willeth.
Thirdly, The word (according to our translation) signifieth more then barely to will, it takes in the affections and joys of the soul. He that delighteth in God, hath sweet content and complacency in God, he not only approves of all the sayings and doings of God, he not only followeth his counsel, and his conduct, but is highly pleased and fully satisfied in God. Delight is the rest of the soul. When we delight in God, and find every act of obedience our joy and our song, our meat and our drink, then the heart is wound up to the highest pitch of holiness. And therefore as his heart is fallen down to the lowest pitch of unholiness, who saith, it profiteth a man nothing to serve God, so is his much more who saith, What shall it profit a man though he delight in God?