A35535:2862
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.
Hence Note.
What God hath a mind to do, he can do it certainly, and will do it throughly.
He breaks men in pieces, so that they are destroyed and brought to dust; When the Prophet declares the breaking of the four Monarchies, it is said (Dan. 2.35.) They shall be as the chaff of the Summer threshing upon the Mountains; if the Lord will destroy the mightiest, they shall certainly be destroyed; as Balak said to Balaam; I wo• that whom thou cursest are cursed; as if he had said, thou canst curse effectually, if thou wilt set thy self to it; 'tis not in the power of all the Balaams in the world to effect a curse, though they pronounce a curse, 'tis only in the power of the Lord to curse effectually; he can bless whom he pleaseth, and they are blessed; he can curse whom he pleaseth, and they are cursed. Thus as Ephraim lamenting his sin and sorrow confessed, (Jer. 31.18.) Lord, thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised; God paid him home (as we speak) if we chastise a child, he is chastised, but) when Ephraim saith, thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised; his meaning is, I was greatly and effectually chastised; that is, first, In a literal sense, I found thy hand heavy upon me, it was a sore affliction that I was under. Secondly, In a spiritual sense; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised; that is, my heart was humbled and broken under thy chastisements; in either notion we see the effectualness of the Lords work; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised. And therefore Ephraim invited the Lord to another work; Turn me, O Lord, ⟨p. 690⟩