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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.
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.
Thirdly, There is another sort who are righteous in their own eyes; such Solomon describes (Prov. 30.12.) There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. These have a great opinion of themselves; They think all is right and well with them, when indeed they are filthy and unclean, their hearts being yet unchanged, though their ways are smoothed; and though they may have left off to do many filthy things, yet they are not washed from their filthiness. The text in hand puts Job into this third sort of righteous men. But was it thus with him? I answer; First, Job was a man righteous in the eyes of God, in both the notions mentioned; he was righteous as justified and righteous as sanctified. Secondly,