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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.
First, There is a turning back from God, by those who have openly followed him, or made profession of his name; Thus hypocrites and formalists turn back from God. This the Scripture calls back-sliding, revolting, and going a whoring from God. Such as these, are like perfidious Soldiers, who enter and list themselves in an Army, marching with them for a while, & taking their pay, yet soon after forsake their colours, and turn to the enemy: Thus many apostatize from God to the Devil, and to the creature, or (as Paul said of Demas) they forsake Christ and embrace this present world. Luther was charged by his enemies that he was an Apostate, and he acknowledged, he was, but he thanked God for it, he indeed turned back from what he did once profess, but it was to a better profession; he did not turn from God to the world, but he turned from the world to God, and that's a ⟨p. 701⟩blessed Apostasy; he did not turn from truth to error, but from error to truth; he did not turn from pure worship to Idolatry and superstition, but from Idolatry and superstition to pure worship. How wretched is their condition who are indeed Apostates! who turn from God to the world, from truth to error, from pure worship to Idolatry and superstition, from a holy conversation to profaneness, looseness and libertinism, to a compliance with the world, and a symbolizing with them in their lusts and wickedness. This abominable apostasy is a fruit of hypocrisy, Hypocrites turn only their faces to God, and Apostates turn their backs upon him, or, turn back from him. And all they who turn only their faces unto God, will for their own advantage, or to save themselves turn their backs upon him. Hypocrites when put to it, when the storm comes, ever prove Apostates.
First, There is a turning back from God, by those who have openly followed him, or made profession of his name; Thus hypocrites and formalists turne back from God. This the Scripture calls back-sliding, revolting, and going a whoring from God. Such as these, are like perfidious Souldiers, who enter and list themselves in an Army, marching with them for a while, & taking their pay, yet soon after forsake their colours, and turn to the enemy: Thus many apostatize from God to the Devill, and to the creature, or (as Paul sayd of Demas) they forsake Christ and embrace this present world. Luther was charged by his enemies that he was an Apostate, and he acknowledged, he was, but he thanked God for it, he indeed turned back from what he did once professe, but it was to a better profession; he did not turne from God to the world, but he turned from the world to God, and that's a