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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.
There are three sorts of righteous persons. First, such as are righteous in the eyes of God, and so the Godly are under a twofold notion; First, as being pardoned for or justified from their unrighteousness, through faith in Christ; Blessed are they who are thus accounted righteous in the eyes of God. Secondly, they are righteous, as avoiding unrighteous, and doing righteous things. There is a seed a principle of righteousness in persons justified and regenerated, which daily puts it self forth in righteous actings; He that doth righteousness is righteous (1 Joh: 3.7.) He is so, both as to his state, and as to his actions, in the eyes of God and good men.
There are three sorts of righteous persons. First, such as are righteous in the eyes of God, and so the Godly are under a twofold notion; First, as being pardoned for or justified from their unrighteousnesse, through faith in Christ; Blessed are they who are thus accounted righteous in the eyes of God. Secondly, they are righteous, as avoyding unrighteous, and doing righteous things. There is a seed a principle of righteousnesse in persons justified and regenerated, which dayly puts it selfe forth in righteous actings; He that doth righteousnesse is righteous (1 Joh: 3.7.) He is so, both as to his state, and as to his actions, in the eyes of God and good men.
Secondly, Many are righteous in the eyes of men, they have fair appearances and out-sides; you can read nothing amiss in their conversation, yet they are unrighteous, yea altogether unrighteous in the eyes of God, yea and possibly in their own too; They cannot but see their own wickedness, though they can conceal it from the sight of others. Hypocrites are like painted Sepulchres, fair without (as Christ spake of the Pharisees) but within full of rottenness. They seem that to men which God seeth they are not; They can show their best side to and hide their worst from men, but they cannot play this game with God; he seeth their best is bad, because it is but the covering, not the hating, not the mortifying of that which is bad.
Secondly, Many are righteous in the eyes of men, they have faire appearances and out-sides; you can read nothing amisse in their conversation, yet they are unrighteous, yea altogether unrighteous in the eyes of God, yea and possibly in their owne too; They cannot but see their own wickednesse, though they can conceale it from the sight of others. Hypocrites are like painted Sepulchers, faire without (as Christ spake of the Pharisees) but within full of rottennesse. They seeme that to men which God seeth they are not; They can shew their best side to and hide their worst from men, but they cannot play this game with God; he seeth their best is bad, because it is but the covering, not the hating, not the mortifying of that which is bad.