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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.
If God will give a quiet outward estate, no man can disturb it; when God gave Job outward quietness, what a mighty man was he? how did he flourish? Nor could any break his outward peace; Satan confessed it in the first chapter, Thou hast made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side; there is not the least gap open, no nor stake loosened in his hedge, who can touch him? who can come at him? I cannot touch him, Sabeans and Chaldeans cannot touch him. While the Lord giveth and guardeth our outward peace, it is inviolable. And as to our spiritual peace, if the Lord speak it, who or what can trouble the soul?
If God will give a quiet outward estate, no man can disturb it; when God gave Job outward quietness, what a mighty man was he? how did he flourish? Nor could any break his outward peace; Satan confest it in the first chapter, Thou hast made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side; there is not the least gap open, no nor stake loosned in his hedge, who can touch him? who can come at him? I cannot touch him, Sabeans and Chaldeans cannot touch him. While the Lord giveth and guardeth our outward peace, it is inviolable. And as to our spiritual peace, if the Lord speak it, who or what can trouble the soul?
First, The afflictions, tribulations, and vexations which we meet with in the world, cannot trouble this inward peace; while storms are without, there will be a calm within; the soul may be at peace, ⟨p. 751⟩and the conscience quiet, in the greatest visible confusions. Let the world turn about and overturn, let it shake and break into a thousand pieces, this peace abides unshaken, unbroken: let the world rage in the heat either of war or persecution, yet the heart is serene, sixth, and quiet, like Mount Zion, that cannot be removed. Christ tells his Disciples (John 16.33.) These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace; (and in the same verse he foretells them) In the world you shall have tribulation: as if he had said, you shall have a peace concurrent and contemporary with your tribulation; trouble from the world shall not hinder the peace you have from me; yea, my peace shall conquer the troubles you have in the world. Thus the Prophet triumphed in believing, (