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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.
Fourthly, Consider, that since the time of our peace, we have had many changes, we have been emptied from vessel to vessel, from hand to hand, from government to government, and from governor to governor; and is it not matter of astonishment as well as of thanks-giving, that yet we have quietness! how many have waited and hoped, yea desired and longed for our day of trouble, by these changes, revolutions and vicissitudes, but yet we have peace. Must we not then conclude, If God giveth quietness, none can make trouble; neither our sins, nor our divisions, nor our animosities, nor our changes shall put it into any mans power (though they put an advantage into many mens hands) to make trouble where the Lord our God is graciously & freely pleased to give us quietness. Yet let us be in a holy fear, lest we at last provoke God, and sin away our quietness, and make trouble for our selves. The condition of a people who do so is very woeful; for surely (as it followeth in the text) If he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
Fourthly, Consider, that since the time of our peace, we have had many changes, we have been emptied from vessel to vessel, from hand to hand, from government to government, and from governour to governour; and is it not matter of astonishment as wel as of thanks-giving, that yet we have quietness! how many have waited and hoped, yea desired and longed for our day of trouble, by these changes, revolutions and vicissitudes, but yet we have peace. Must we not then conclude, If God giveth quietnesse, none can make trouble; neither our sins, nor our divisions, nor our animosities, nor our changes shall put it into any mans power (though they put an advantage into many mens hands) to make trouble where the Lord our God is graciously & freely pleased to give us quietness. Yet let us be in a holy feare, lest we at last provoke God, and sin away our quietness, and make trouble for our selves. The condition of a people who doe so is very wofull; for surely (as it followeth in the text) If he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
This latter part of the verse is applicable to a nation as well as the former, and therefore before I come to speak of either with respect to a single person, or a man only.