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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.
A man is never so vile in the eyes of those who can discern him, as when he is righteous in his own; how righteous soever any man is, he should be little in owning it. To insist much upon our own righteousness, savours rankly of a Pharisee (Luke 18.9.) Christ spake a parable to this purpose (that's the title of the Parable) (ver. 9.) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. ⟨p. 9⟩Then follows the Pharisees boast of his fasting twice in the week, &c. And when the text saith (ver. 14.) the Publican went down to his house justified rather then the other. It doth not imply that the Pharisee was at all justified, but rather that being righteous in his own eyes, he was under a sad sentence of condemnation in the eyes of God. The meaning is not that the Pharisee was somewhat justified, and the Publican more; But that the Pharisee was not justified at all. It is our duty to follow after righteousness, but our sin to boast of it (Math. 5.3.) Blessed are the poor in spirit. The more poor we are in spirit, the more rich we are in spirituals. Poverty of spirit is directly opposite to our being righteous in our own eyes. Christ came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. (Math. 9.13.) By the righteous there we are to understand those that are righteous in their own eyes, those that have high thoughts of themselves; The sinners whom Christ calls to repentance are the poor in spirit, though indeed the righteous in their own eyes, are the greatest sinners. As we never do worse, or more against right, then when we do that (as it was said of that ungoverned age, Judg. 17.6.) which is right in our own eyes, so we are never worse, then when we are righteous in our own eyes.
A man is never so vile in the eyes of those who can discerne him, as when he is righteous in his owne; how righteous soever any man is, he should be little in owning it. To insist much upon our owne righteousnesse, savours rankly of a Pharisee (Luke 18.9