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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.
Were not men wicked they should never feel such strokes from the hand or rather iron rod of God. If any smart and are ruined, they may thank themselves for it, that is, their sins for it; their sufferings are the fruits of their sin. The Prophet told the sinful Jews so (Jer: 4.18.) they had an affliction upon them, which did reach even to the heart, God made their hearts ache, he struck them to the heart; but why did he so? the answer is, ⟨p. 694⟩Thy sin and thy doings have procured those things to thee, &c. He striketh them as wicked men.
Were not men wicked they should never feele such stroakes from the hand or rather iron rod of God. If any smart and are ruin'd, they may thank themselves for it, that is, their sins for it; their sufferings are the fruits of their sin. The Prophet told the sinfull Jewes so (Jer: 4.18.) they had an affliction upon them, which did reach even to the heart, God made their hearts ake, he struck them to the heart; but why did he so? the answer is, ⟨p. 694⟩Thy sin and thy doings have procured those things to thee, &c. He striketh them as wicked men.
In the open sight of others.
1These words are a further description of the manner how God strikes the wicked, he doth it openly, or (as we put in the margin) In the place of beholders, that is, in such a place, and in such a manner that all may behold it: we say, He strikes them in the open sight of others; that is, he punisheth them in an exemplary way, or that they may be an example of warning unto others. For, The place of seers, or of beholders, is some open and eminent place opposed to a Corner; as Paul said pleading his cause before king Agrippa (