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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
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1First, As to be just is taken largely, importing a person accomplished with concurrence of all perfections, and virtuous qualities. In that sense, I suppose, the Apostle useth the word (1 Tim: 1.9.) The law is not given for (that is, to terrify or condemn) a just man; that is, for a man who is holy and good. Thus God is altogether just; for he hath all the lines of perfection, of holiness, and goodness centring in him, he is not only just and virtuous, but justice and virtue it self.
1First, As to be just is taken largely, importing a person accomplished with concurrence of all perfections, and vertuous qualities. In that sence, I suppose, the Apostle useth the word (1 Tim: 1.9.) The law is not given for (that is, to terrifie or condemne) a just man; that is, for a man who is holy and good. Thus God is altogether just; for he hath all the lines of perfection, of holinesse, and goodnesse centring in him, he is not only just and vertuous, but justice and vertue it selfe.
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Secondly, To be just, imports the keeping of promises, and the performance of our word. He is a just man, who when he hath spoken, you may know what to have of him, and where to have him. Some give words, and you can get nothing of them but words, that's injustice, because our words bind us and should be as laws to us. A man may choose whether he will make promises, but when he hath promised, it is not in his choice, whether he will perform or no; his word binds him. In this sense, God is altogether just. Whatsoever word you have had from God, (and he hath given us many comfortable words for every condition) God is a just God, and will perform it to a tittle. That Glorious and everlasting witness is borne to him by dying Joshua (Josh: 23.14.) And behold this day I am going the way of all the earth, and ye know in all your hearts, and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you: all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. In this sense, God is said to be, not only merciful, but just in forgiving our sins (