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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 24-25
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First, Who only make a report of the works of God, who tell ⟨p. 366⟩the story of what he hath done, and so have done. As we ought to adorn the doctrine of God (Tit. 2.) so likewise the doings of God, or what God hath done, by our doings, Mere narratives about the work of God, is far below magnifying his work.
First, Who only make a report of the works of God, who tell ⟨p. 366⟩the story of what he hath done, and so have done. As we ought to adorne the doctrine of God (Tit. 2.) so likewise the doings of God, or what God hath done, by our doings, Meer narratives about the work of God, is far below magnifying his work.
Secondly, They fail much more who extenuate and diminish the works of God, wh• obscure or eclipse his works. As in our confessions of repentance, it is a sign of a bad heart barely to report our sins before God, without aggravating them in their sinfulness; but in confession to extenuate our sin showeth a very rotten and naughty heart; so in our confessions of praise, merely •o report what God hath done for us, without putting an accent or a due emphasis upon his mercies, shows much •oldness of spirit in the duty; but to clip and lessen the works of God, to hide and darken them, to abate and detract from them, shows a base and a wicked spirit.
Secondly, They fail much more who extenuate and diminish the works of God, wh• •bscure or eclipse his workes. As in our confessions of repentance, it is a sign of a bad heart barely to report our sins before God, without aggravating them in their sinfulness; but in confession to extenuate our sin sheweth a very rotten and naughty heart; so in our confessions of praise, meerly o report what God hath done for us, without putting an accent or a due emphasis upon his mercies, shews much oldness of spirit in the duty; but to clip and lessen the workes of God, to hide and darken them, to abate and detract from them, shewes a base and a wicked spirit.