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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.
From that 16th verse, where Elihu addeth, I waited (for they spake not but stood still, and answered no more)
Observe, First.
It is our wisdom and our duty to stay our time before we put our selves out upon business.
It is our wisdome and our duty to stay our time before we put our selves out upon business.
It is good to wait; God himself is not hasty upon us, he waits to be gracious, and we must wait our season to be serviceable; Elihu did not presently engage. The providences of God, and the Exigency of things, must put us on, we must not put our selves on. Christ tells us (Math: 9.38.) The harvest is great, and the labourers few, pray therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would thrust forth labourers into his harvest; he doth not say, pray that labourers would thrust forth themselves into the harvest, or run into it before they are sent, but pray the Lord of the harvest that he would thrust forth labourers; that is, that he would powerfully incline their hearts to the work, whom he hath