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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.
As if they had said, Thou O Lord, hast moulded us as thy creatures, and fashioned us as thy Church, when we were but a rude mass or heap without form or comeliness, therefore do not mar thy own work, do not break the vessels of thine own making, or as it followeth in the same Chapter, Be not wroth very sore O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever, behold, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
As if they had sayd, Thou O Lord, hast moulded us as thy creatures, and fashioned us as thy Church, when we were but a rude masse or heape without forme or comeliness, therefore doe not marre thy owne worke, doe not breake the vessels of thine owne making, or as it followeth in the same Chapter, Be not wroth very sore O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever, behold, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Hence consider.
First, That, we owe not only our well-being, but our very being unto God. And therefore
Secondly, No man ought to look upon himself as his own; So the Apostle argues (1 Cor: 6.19.) Know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own; No man is his own, he is Gods, who hath made him. Saints and believers especially are not their own in that respect; as also because their bodies are the temple of the holy Ghost; that is, the holy Ghost hath sanctified them for himself, for his peculiar service, and for his habitation. Now as the bodies of Saints are the temple of the holy Ghost, because he doth sanctify them; so they are the temple of the holy Ghost, because he hath reared them up, and built them. That consideration should urge us to duty; our bodies are temples built, as well as temples sanctified by the holy Ghost; And therefore we are not our own at all, nor in any respect; and if we are not our own at all, but the Lords, then we ought to be always for the Lord.