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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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Fourthly, Affliction is a means to take us off or wean us from the World: O what a good is that! we being so apt to dote ⟨p. 329⟩upon it. The sin of the Age is, falling in love with the World; therefore it may be good for us to be soundly afflicted, that we may be weaned from the World, and from all things in the world, and be kept, where our true interest is, in the bosom of Christ, or close to him. But if you choose iniquity, will that take you off from the World? no; the more sin, the more love of the World; for sin and the World are akin, they are of a Blood; therefore the more you have to do with the one, the more you will have to do with the other.
Fourthly, Affliction is a means to take us off or wean us from the World: O what a good is that! we being so apt to dote ⟨p. 329⟩upon it. The sin of the Age is, falling in love with the World; therefore it may be good for us to be soundly afflicted, that we may be weaned from the World, and from all things in the world, and be kept, where our true interest is, in the bosom of Christ, or close to him. But if you chuse iniquity, will that take you off from the World? no; the more sin, the more love of the World; for sin and the World are akin, they are of a Blood; therefore the more you have to do with the one, the more you will have to do with the other.
Fifthly, Affliction b•ings us nearer to God. That which takes us off from the World, brings us nearer to God: this is an excellent advantage, a great good of affliction. But choose sin, and will that bring us nearer to God? Sin is a departure from God: The Lord saith to sinners, Ye are departed and gone. Sin is so far from bringing us nearer to God, that as all in a state of sin, are far off from God, so every act of sin widens the distance, and puts us farther off from God.
Fifthly, Affliction b•ings us nearer to God. That which takes us off from the World, brings us neerer to God: this is an excellent advantage, a great good of affliction. But chuse sin, and will that bring us neerer to God? Sin is a departure from God: The Lord saith to sinners, Ye are departed and gone. Sin is so far from bringing us nearer to God, that as all in a state of sin, are far off from God, so every act of sin widens the distance, and puts us farther off from God.