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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
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Secondly, Elihu saith not, they did not know any of his ways, or they knew not which way to go; but they would not consider them. There is no man but knows some, yea many of the ways of God, that is, of those ways wherein God would have him to walk; these ways of God are written in the heart by nature, there is an impression of the Will of God upon every soul, though not such an impression or writing as grace maketh there (that's another kind or manner of work) for, when once through grace the Law of God is written in, and impressed upon the heart, then the ⟨p. 710⟩heart is suited to the Law, yea, the heart is not only conformed unto, but transformed into the Law of God, whereas by nature the Law is written only so far as to give us the knowledge of the Law, and a conviction of that duty or conformity which we owe to it. The men here intended by Elihu, knew the Law or ways of God, by the light of a natural conscience, but not by the light of a renewed conscience, and therefore they would not consider any of his ways, which is a farther description of the heart of man in a state of Nature.
Secondly, Elihu saith not, they did not know any of his wayes, or they knew not which way to go; but they would not consider them. There is no man but knowes some, yea many of the ways of God, that is, of those wayes wherein God would have him to walk; these wayes of God are written in the heart by nature, there is an impression of the Will of God upon every soul, though not such an impression or writing as grace maketh there (that's another kinde or manner of work) for, when once through grace the Law of God is written in, and impressed upon the heart, then the ⟨p. 710⟩heart is suited to the Law, yea, the heart is not only conformed unto, but transformed into the Law of God, whereas by nature the Law is written only so far as to give us the knowledge of the Law, and a conviction of that duty or conformity which we owe to it. The men here intended by Elihu, knew the Law or wayes of God, by the light of a natural conscience, but not by the light of a renewed conscience, and therefore they would not consider any of his wayes, which is a farther description of the heart of man in a state of Nature.