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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.
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God never wronged, nor will wrong any man.
There are two special cases, in which God never did, nor ever will wrong man; First, he will not wrong man by denying him that reward, which he hath freely promised, no man shall serve God for naught; he shall not say, God hath promised, but he hath not performed. The experience of his people seal to the truth of his promises, as well as their faith embraceth it. That hope of man which is anchored in a promise of God, never miscarried not made any man ashamed. Secondly, God will not wrong man, by laying upon him a greater punishment then he hath threatened. The Magistrate cannot be charged with laying more punishment upon an offender, then is right, if he punisheth him not more then ⟨p. 677⟩the Law alloweth. There may be a great deal of severity (I grant) in punishing up to the rigour of the Law, but there is no unrighteousness in it. The Mosaical law allowed of forty stripes; now if they had laid forty-one upon any offender, they had laid upon him more then was right, because they exceeded the Law; and to have laid full forty stripes, which was the utmost they could by Law, had been severe, therefore they usually abated one stripe at least; Hence the Apostle Paul saith (2 Cor: 11.24.) Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one; if they had given Paul forty stripes they had done no wrong as to the Law, though one had been too many for and a wrong to him who had not broken their law. Seeing the Lord lays no more upon the worst of sinners, then the law alloweth, he doth not lay upon man more then right, Yea not only the chastisements which the Lord layeth upon his own servants, but the greatest punishments which he layeth upon the worst of the wicked, in this world, are much less then might with Justice be inflicted. This was Ezra's humble acknowledgement before the Lord (