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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 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, (Hab. 3.17.) Though the labour of the Olive should fail, and the Vine yield no fruit, though there be no Calves in the stall, nor Sheep in the fold, &c. yet I will joy in the Lord, and rejoice in the God of my salvation. To rejoice in the Lord, is more then to be quiet, or to have peace in the Lord. Joy is the exaltation of peace, it is the most delicious fruit of peace: The worst of worldly evils cannot despoil us of the least purely spiritual good, much less of the greatest. Him wilt thou keep in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, (Isa. 26.3.) That's perfectly perfect to which nothing can be added, and from which nothing can be taken away; yet that is truly perfect, to which though something may be added, yet it cannot be either totally or finally taken away. Such is the soul-peace of true believers in this life, and therefore a perfect peace.
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⟩