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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 › Verse 21
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Again, Secondly, It is good to be afflicted; why? afflictions are the exercises of our Graces, the exercise of our Faith, the exercise of our patience, the exercise of our self-denial. 'Tis a good thing to have our Graces exercised, for thereby they are increased. If you choose affliction, you shall probably have that good by it, the increase of your best things, your Graces.
Again, Secondly, It is good to be afflicted; why? afflictions are the exercises of our Graces, the exercise of our Faith, the exercise of our patience, the exercise of our self-denyal. 'Tis a good thing to have our Graces exercised, for thereby they are encreased. If you chuse affliction, you shall probably have that good by it, the encrease of your best things, your Graces.
Thirdly, Affliction purgeth out our corruptions, and that is good. Is it not good to have a disease, or an ill humour, purged out? this good comes by affliction. But doth the committing of sin purge sin? doth the Stock of sin abate by sinning? does the ill humour spend it self? no, the ill humour rather increaseth. When you choose sin, you weaken your Graces, and cherish your corruptions; but when you refuse sin, your corruptions weaken or spend their strength. Do you think when you have committed one sin, that the soul is made more unable to, or more averse from the same or another sin? When you have satisfied the call of one lust, will it now let you alone, and call no more? no, not at all; the more you sin, the more you may; the more you sin, the more doth the Stock of sin increase and grow in you.
Thirdly, Affliction purgeth out our corruptions, and that is good. Is it not good to have a disease, or an ill humour, purged out? this good comes by affliction. But doth the committing of sin purge sin? doth the Stock of sin abate by sinning? does the ill humour spend it self? no, the ill humour rather increaseth. When you chuse sin, you weaken your Graces, and cherish your corruptions; but when you refuse sin, your corruptions weaken or spend their strength. Do you think when you have committed one sin, that the soul is made more unable to, or more averse from the same or another sin? When you have satisfied the call of one lust, will it now let you alone, and call no more? no, not at all; the more you sin, the more you may; the more you sin, the more doth the Stock of sin increase and grow in you.