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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.
We can never convince another by what we say, until we prove what we say.
We can never convince another by what we say, untill we prove what we say.
If we reprove any man for an error in his judgement, and do not prove it to be an error; or if we reprove a man for sin in practice, and do not prove his practice sinful, or that he hath practised that sin, no conviction follows. What is said and not proved comes to the ear only, not to the conscience. Therefore saith Christ (John 8.46.) Which of you convinceth me of sin. Find a spot in my life if you can. I know you are ready to slander me with, but you cannot convince me of evil. It is said of Apollos (Acts 18.28.) He mightily convinced the Jews. How did he convince them? not by reproving them only, for not receiving the Messiah; he did not barely tell them, ye are a company of unbelievers: but he reproved them by proving the necessity of their receiving Christ the Messiah, and the evil of rejecting him, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. Here was proof, and so conviction followed. He convinced them by authority, by the testimony of the word, comparing Scripture ⟨p. 80⟩with Scripture, the prophecy, with the history of Christ. The Apostle would have the Ministers of the Gospel mighty at this work (Tit: 1.8.) They must hold fast the faithful word, that they may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gain-sayers. Not only must they be able to rebuke gain-sayers, this will not do it; they must also convince them, or stop their mouths. (James 2.9.) If any of you have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the Law as transgressors. How doth the Law convince? Not only by reproving, but by proving, It shows us a rule, and saith, there you have departed from it; here is the line, and there ye have transgressed, or gone over it. Thus ye are convinced, that ye are transgressors. He is both wise and faithful, he doth his work like a workman that needeth not be ashamed, who not only gives reproof but proof, either of error in judgement, or of evil in practise. For the close of this point, I may show you three great convincers.