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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
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And this comes to pass upon a double consideration; First, Nature when pinched will show it self; Now, man naturally, hath not only hard thoughts of God, but an enmity against him. And when nature is pinched, all the corruptions working in man, work this way, unless over-powered and checked by grace. Secondly, when 'tis hard with us from the hand of God, then Satan takes his time to prompt us with hard thoughts of God, and to foment that enmity to the uttermost, of which our corrupt nature hath such store. What? will Satan say, Doth God love thee, and starve thee? What? Doth God pretend kindness to thee, and deal thus with thee? is God thy friend, who takes away thy friends? is God thy friend, who leaves thee in the hand of enemies? doth he pity thee, and yet keep thee in these pains? is this his kindness to his friend? How can he say he loves thee? And hast not thou cause enough yet to say, He counteth thee for his enemy. Thus Satan takes his time to provoke nature, which is forward enough of it self to think and speak hardly of God, if at any time he is pleased and sees it fit to deal hardly with us. And how great a combat hath many a gracious soul both with Satan and his own heart, to get and keep up good and honourable thoughts of God in a suffering condition, or under dark and (to sense) dismal dispensations.
And this comes to passe upon a double consideration; First, Nature when pinched will shew it selfe; Now, man naturally, hath not only hard thoughts of God, but an enmity against him. And when nature is pinched, all the corruptions working in man, worke this way, unless over-power'd and checkt by grace. Secondly, when 'tis hard with us from the hand of God, then Satan takes his time to prompt us with hard thoughts of God, and to foment that enmity to the uttermost, of which our corrupt nature hath such store. What? will Satan say, Doth God love thee, and starve thee? What? Doth God pretend kindness to thee, and deale thus with thee? is God thy friend, who takes away thy friends? is God thy friend, who leaves thee in the hand of enemies? doth he pitty thee, and yet keepe thee in these paines? is this his kindness to his friend? How can he say he loves thee? And hast not thou cause enough yet to say, He counteth thee for his enemy. Thus Satan takes his time to provoke nature, which is forward enough of it selfe to thinke and speake hardly of God, if at any time he is pleased and sees it fit to deale hardly with us. And how great a combate hath many a gracious soule both with Satan and his owne heart, to get and keepe up good and honorable thoughts of God in a suffering condition, or under darke and (to sense) dismal dispensations.