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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
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There is no convincing others with wrath; The wrath of man (saith the Apostle) works not the righteousness of God, (James 1.20.) That is, wrath will never bring about nor effect those righteous things, or ends, which God would have us aim at. The wrath of man puts him quite out of the way of righteousness, both out of the way of right speaking, and of right acting. To show much reason, and little passion, is our wisdom. So the Apostle gives the rule (2 Tim: 2.26.) The servant of the Lord must not strive; he doth not mean it of bodily striving; As if he had said, he must not be a fighter. As when the Apostle saith (1 Tim: 3.3.) A Minister must not be a striker; It can hardly be thought he should intend only, if at all, that Ministers should not be like grossly boisterous men, who are not so much as Civill in their behaviour; surely such are far enough off from a fitness to be received into the Ministry; therefore some expound the Apostle to the point in hand, he must be no striker with his tongue in passion, anger, and wrath, no word-striker. There is great striking, yea, wounding with words. Though Ministers must strike and wound with the authority of God, yet not with their own animosities. They must wound the consciences of sinners, with the Word and Spirit of God, but not with their own wrathful spirits; such strikers they may not be, nor may the servant of the Lord strive thus, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, yea, patient in teaching. It is a great exercise of patience to teach, with line upon line, precept upon precept; When we see little received or heeded, yet to insist upon it, this is patience; In meekness instructing such as oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth. As the Apostle James exhorts (Chap. 1.21.) to receive the word with meekness; that's a most necessary rule in hearing the word; for many times the hearer is in a passion, there is ⟨p. 101⟩such a storm in his bowels that he cannot hear to purpose, therefore if any would receive the engrafted word, they must receive it with meekness. I say also the word should be given out or spoken in meekness, though not with coldness; I do not say with coldness or with a slightness of spirit, but with meekness.
There is no convincing others with wrath; The wrath of man (saith the Apostle) works not the righteousnesse of God, (