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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, The quietness or peace of any man, of every man, is of the Lord.
If God will have a wicked man live in quietness, to it shall be, and God hath given, and doth often give them quietness. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green Bay tree, (Psal. 37.35.) David spake this from a good witness, the sight of his eye: I (saith he) have seen the wicked in much ⟨p. 749⟩outward pomp and splendour, and as the outward peace and quietness, pomp and splendour of the wicked is from God, so also is both the outward and inward peace of any godly man.
First, The outward peace, or the peace of a godly man in his outward estate, is of the Lord, (Psal. 4.8.) I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for thou only makest me to dwell in safety: that is, thou O Lord wilt watch over me in the night, and not suffer me to be surprised by any sudden danger, and therefore I will quietly repose my self upon thy gracious promises, and throw off those cares and fears, which as thorns in the pillow, would not suffer me to rest, when I lye down in my bed: the Lord is my safety, even the rest of my body. In the 5th chapter of this book (ver. 23, 24.) Eliphaz telleth us, how the Lord secures the outward condition of a good man, and gives him such quietness, that even the very beasts of the earth shall be in league, and the stones of the field at peace with him, and he shall know (or be assured) that his tabernacle shall be in peace.
First, The outward peace, or the peace of a godly man in his outward estate, is of the Lord, (