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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.
We may take darkness two ways; First, for natural darkness, that darkness which spreads it self over the face of the earth upon the going down of the Sun, 'tis the privation of Light. Secondly, there is artificial darkness, that darkness which men make to hide themselves, and their actions in, from the eye of God or man; many are very skilful, yea and successful in making shadows to hide their actions from men: They cover the evil which they have done with such cunning excuses or flat denials, and they cover what they purpose to do (how foul soever) under such fair trappings of words, and specious pretences, they gloss their worst actions and intentions with such appearances of good, that the wisest and best sighted men cannot find them out. When Absalom had a most unnatural as well as a most disloyal purpose to raise a tebellion against his king-father, he coloured it with a devout profession of performing a vow; This was artificial darkness. 'Tis reported by the natural Historian, of a little fish, which seeing its enemy near, casts out a kind of blackness from it self, which darkens the water, and so escapes the danger. Thus men indeed hide themselves from man, and they would hide themselves from God too; but there is no darkness, neither natural nor artificial, that can cover their ways from his eye; No, Nor shadow of death.
We may take darkness two wayes; First, for naturall darkness, that darkness which spreads it selfe over the face of the earth upon the going downe of the Sun, 'tis the privation of Light. Secondly, there is artificiall darkness, that darkness which men make to hide themselves, and their actions in, from the eye of God or man; many are very skillfull, yea and successefull in making shaddowes to hide their actions from men: They cover the evill which they have done with such cunning excuses or flat denyalls, and they cover what they purpose to doe (how foule soever) under such faire trappings of words, and specious pretenses, they glosse their worst actions and intentions with such appearances of good, that the wisest and best sighted men cannot finde them out. When Absalon had a most unnaturall as well as a most disloyall purpose to rayse a tebellion against his king-father, he coloured it with a devout profession of performing a vow; This was artificiall darkness. 'Tis reported by the naturall Historian, of a little fish, which seeing its enemy neare, casts out a kinde of blackness from it selfe, which darkens the water, and so escapes the danger. Thus men indeed hide themselves from man, and they would hide themselves from God too; but there is no darkness, neither naturall nor artificiall, that can cover their wayes from his eye; No, Nor shaddow of death.