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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.
Yet this doth not stop the mouths of all men from telling Kings and Princes their faults, nor doth it justify a silent dissembling of them; much less doth it open the mouths of any to daub Kings and Princes with the untempered mortar of flatteries; Kings are no more to be flattered then they are to be reproached. Dignities must not be spoken evil of, yet they may be prudently and humbly told of their evils, and informed of their failings plainly. When Elijah met Ahab, who said, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? Elijah answered, (1 Kings 18.18.) I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy fathers house, in that ye have forsaken the Commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baal. And we read how boldly Elisha carried it to the King of Israel, (2 Kings 3.13, 14.) What have I to do with thee? Get thee to the Prophets of thy ⟨p. 628⟩father, and to the Prophets of thy mother: And Elisha said, as the Lord of Hosts liveth before whom I stand; Surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the King of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. Thus the Prophets dealt with much gracious severity towards mighty Princes. The Prophet Isaiah feared not to say (Isa. 1.10.) Hear the word of the Lord ye Rulers of Sodom, Give ear unto the Law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah; implying, that the Rulers of Jerusalem were then but such as the Rulers of Sodom once were, and that the people were no better then the people of Gomorrah; and it is conceived, that for this plainness and liberty of speech, which the Prophet Isaiah used toward the Princes and Rulers of Judah, he was put to death, being cut or mangled asunder with a wooden Saw. One might think that Ezekiel did much forget himself, when he gave those opprobrious terms to Zedekiah King of Judah, (Ezek. 21.25.) And thou profane wicked Prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end; yet he sinned not in this harsh reproof of his sin, because commanded of God to do it, and specially directed by the holy Spirit. The Prophets might not diminish a word, but must give out what God gave in. John the Baptist reproved Herod for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the evils which he had done, (