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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.
Meekness and gentle dealing becomes us while we would reduce others from their error, or reprove them for it. My hand shall not be heavy upon thee.
Meekness and gentle dealing becomes us while we would reduce others from their error, or reprove them for it. My hand shall not be heavie upon thee.
The Apostle called God to record concerning the Corinthians (2 Cor: 1.23, 24.) that it was to spare them that he had not come as then to Corinth. As if he had said, I was loth to lay so heavy a hand upon you, or deal with such severity, as your case required. And yet he adds, what severity soever I or others shall use towards you, we shall use it, Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but as helpers of your Joy. We shall not come with Lordly power upon you, we purpose not to carry it by mere authority and command, but of entreaty and love; we will not Lord it over your consciences, but only regulate them, that your comforts may flow in more freely. Hard words are oftentimes more pressing then the hardest blows. Words may weigh much more upon the spirit, then a heavy burden upon the back. I grant a heavy hand must be laid upon some, there is no other way to deal with them. The word is a hammer and a fire. But as I intimated before, we must distinguish of persons and of causes, and accordingly lay our hand. God hath not made his ⟨p. 193⟩Ministers Lyons to scare his flock, nor Bulls to gore them, but Shepherds to feed them and watch over them. And especially when the hand of God is upon any, our hand should not.
The Apostle called God to record concerning the Corinthians (2 Cor: 1.23, 24.) that it was to spare them that he had not come as then to Corinth. As if he had sayd, I was loth to lay so heavie a hand upon you, or deale with such severity, as your case required. And yet he adds, what severity soever I or others shall use towards you, we shall use it, Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but as helpers of your Joy. We shall not come with Lordly power upon you, we purpose not to carry it by meere authority and command, but of entreaty and love; we will not Lord it over your consciences, but only regulate them, that your comforts may flow in more freely. Hard words are oftentimes more pressing then the hardest blowes. Words may weigh much more upon the spirit, then a heavie burthen upon the backe. I grant a heavie hand must be layd upon some, there is no other way to deale with them. The word is a hammer and a fire. But as I intimated before, we must distinguish of persons and of causes, and accordingly lay our hand. God hath not made his