A35535:3090
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.
There is a double Consideration upon both which, we may demonstrate, that if God giveth quietness, either outward or inward, none can make trouble.
First, Because, as God is sovereign and so may dispose peace and quietness, to whom he pleaseth, or at his pleasure, when he will, or to whom he will; so he hath an all-sufficiency to maintain and confirm, to preserve and protect the outward peace of any man, against all the powers of this world; and the inward peace of a godly man against all the powers of hell, against the terrors of the Law, and the accusations whether of Satan or of his own Conscience.
First, Because, as God is soveraigne and so may dispose peace and quietness, to whom he pleaseth, or at his pleasure, when he will, or to whom he will; so he hath an all-sufficiency to maintaine and confirme, to preserve and protect the outward peace of any man, against all the powers of this world; and the inward peace of a godly man against all the powers of hell, against the terrors of the Law, and the accusations whether of Satan or of his owne Conscience.
Secondly, None can destroy the peace of a godly man, because it is a perfect peace, as was showed before from that promise in the Prophet (Isa: 26.3.) Him wilt thou keep in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. For, being a perfect peace it will not decay of it self; and because 'tis perfect God will neither destroy it himself, nor suffer any else to destroy it. Mark the perfect man (saith David, Psal: 37.37.) and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. He is a perfect man whose end is peace, and that is perfect peace which holds to the end, or which shall never end. The peace which God giveth is perfect; First, because 'tis established upon perfect righteousness, the righteousness of God. That righteousness which is the root of our peace is called the righteousness of God, both because God hath appointed it, and because God hath wrought it. Jesus Christ God-man is the Lord our righteousness, and the Prince of our peace; or as the Apostle expresseth it (Heb: 7.1, 2.) He is Melchizedek, being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is King of peace. (