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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, There is a like or the same power and authority in all the words of God; so that to neglect or slight any one word, is to put a slight upon the authority of God himself. There is but one Law-giver and word-sender.
Secondly, There is a like or the same power and authority in all the words of God; so that to neglect or slight any one word, is to put a slight upon the authority of God himselfe. There is but one Law-giver and word-sender.
Thirdly, Not to submit to any one word (though it be supposed we hearken to all others) draws upon us the guilt of non-submission or disobedience to the whole word of God. That's the Apostles conclusion (James 2.12. ver.) Whosoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all; for though in many things we offend all, yet there is a Gospel-sense wherein we are said to keep the whole Law of God. And so the Apostles meaning is, that whosoever shall give himself a loose or a liberty, whosoever shall dispense or indulge himself in breaking any one Command of God, he breaks all, ⟨p. 148⟩that is, he declares himself ready to break all, if he had a like occasion or temptation.
Thirdly, Not to submit to any one word (though it be supposed we hearken to all others) drawes upon us the guilt of non-submission or disobedience to the whole word of God. That's the Apostles conclusion (James 2.12. ver.) Whosoever shall keepe the whole Law, and yet offend in one poynt, he is guilty of all; for though in many things we offend all, yet there is a Gospel-sence wherein we are said to keep the whole Law of God. And so the Apostles meaning is, that whosoever shall give himselfe a loose or a liberty, whosoever shall dispence or indulge himselfe in breaking any one Command of God, he breakes all, ⟨p. 148⟩