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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.
It is not good to be cross-grained at any time to our brethren, much less at such a time; some love (as it were) to lie thwart in every business, nor is any thing more desirable to them, then to oppose another mans desire. The sweetness and ingenuity of these words, I am according to your wish, in what I safely may, is seldom heard among brethren. Some indeed are too forward to be according to the wish of others in things that are sinful. When thieves and murderers say to them, Come, come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause, &c. Cast in your lot among us, let us all have one purse; They say, we are according to your wish, we will go with you. When the profane say, come run with us into all excess of riot, to drunkenness and uncleanness, they answer, we are according to your wish, we are for you. It is good to lie cross to the sinful desires of men; but to comply with their honest desires, and to answer every good wish of their souls, is a great part of our goodness, and of our fulfilling the law of love: we should strive in that sense, to fall in with every ones wish, and to become all things to all men, both for their edification and consolation. Behold, I am according to thy wish.
It is not good to be crosse-grain'd at any time to our brethren, much lesse at such a time; some love (as it were) to lie thwart in every businesse, nor is any thing more desireable to them, then to oppose another mans desire. The sweetnesse and ingenuity of these words, I am according to your wish, in what I safely may, is seldome heard among brethren. Some indeed are too forward to be according to the wish of others in things that are sinfull. When theeves and murderers say to them, Come, come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurke privily for the innocent without cause, &c. Cast in your lot among us, let us all have one purse; They say, we are according to your wish, we will goe with you. When the prophane say, come run with us into all excesse of riot, to drunkenness and uncleanness, they answer, we are according to your wish, we are for you. It is good to lie crosse to the sinfull desires of men; but to comply with their honest desires, and to answer every good wish of their soules, is a great part of our goodnesse, and of our fulfilling the law of love: we should strive in that sence, to fall in with every ones wish, and to become all things to all men, both for their edification and consolation. Behold, I am according to thy wish.