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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 15-17
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Hence note; Not to submit heartily, and humble our selves freely, when the afflicting hand of God is upon us, is to do very sinfully, even like the wicked.
Hence note; Not to submit heartily, and humble our selves freely, when the affl•cting hand of God is upon us, is to do very sinfully, even like the wicked.
I shall not stay upon this, having spoken of the extreme sinfulness of murmuring and impatience under the hand of God heretofore.
I shall not stay upon this, having spoken of the extream sinfulness of murmuring and impatience under the hand of God heretofore.
Secondly, Note; If we give way to any corruption, or passion, it will quickly carry us a very great way in sin, and from our duty.
They that are good in their state, may sometimes in their acts, (as Job here) fulfil the judgment of the wicked. As hypocrites fulfil, in appearance, the judgment of the upright, that is, do like upright men; so the upight may, in appearance, do like hypocrites, and then they also fulfil the judgement of the wicked. Job said to his wife, in the second chapter, Thou speakest like a foolish woman; and now Elihu tells him, thou hast spoken and done as a wicked man.