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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.
The very spirit of holiness consists in this; There is (as I may call it) a body of holiness, but if you would have the spirit of holiness (as by distillation we take the spirits of any liquor, or of any thing that liquor and moisture hath in it, if, I say, we would have the spirits of holiness) 'tis delighting in God. For as 'tis the spirit of sinfulness to delight in sin; so the spirit of Godliness is to delight in God.
The very spirit of holiness consists in this; There is (as I may call it) a body of holiness, but if you would have the spirit of holiness (as by distillation we take the spirits of any liquor, or of any thing that liquor and moysture hath in it, if, I say, we would have the spirits of holiness) 'tis delighting in God. For as 'tis the spirit of sinfullness to delight in sin; so the spirit of Godliness is to delight in God.
Note.
Secondly, To account the service of God unprofitable, is wickedness bordering upon blasphemy.