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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 work of a man shall he render to him.
The worke of a man shall he render to him.
The work of a man is here put for the reward, issue, or fruit of his work; God doth not render every mans work to him in kind, that is, the thing it self which he hath done, but the work in its result and reward. That which God returneth to a man according to his work, may be called a reward in a fourfold respect. First, because it hath in it the benefit of a reward to the worker. Secondly, because it is given in answer to the work done. Thirdly, because God hath given his people leave, yea a command to believe and wait for good fruit to themselves, when they do good works. Fourthly, because it is proportioned to the work or duty performed. For as good is returned for good, so great good is returned for great good done. Though the greatest good that ever was or can be done by a mere creature doth not deserve (by any intrinsic worth) the least good at the hand of God. Thus saith the Spirit (Rev. 14.13.) Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord, from hence forth they rest from their labours, and their works follow them; not the works which they did, but that which is by promise due to them for those works. The Prophet assureth us (Isa. 32.17.) The work of righteousness is peace; we cannot understand it as a direct predication, but peace is the fruit or issue of the work of righteousness, or as the latter part of the verse clearly expounds it, The effect of righteousness shall be quietness and assurance for ever. Which as it is most true of the righteousness of Christ, who is our peace (Ephes. 2.14.) and our Peacemaker through the blood of his cross (Col. 1.20.) So it is true of mans righteousness, the work whereof is (by promise) crowned with the blessings of peace, both spiritual and corporal, temporal and eternal. The work of a man