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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 35 › Verses 4-8
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Sixthly, The Scripture saith, God is grieved for the sins of men. Surely God will not be grieved for that which is nothing unto him. Himself saith, sinners fret him, (Ezek. 16.43.) Thou hast fretted me in all these things. A well tempered man will not fret for that which doth not some way or other afflict him. We read (Isa. 63.10.) That Israel vexed his holy Spirit so much, that he was turned to be their enemy, and fought against them. And had they done nothing against him? Yea, it is said (Gen. 6.6) God was so much afflicted with the sins of the old world, that he repented that he had made man upon the Earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Doubtless that is somewhat to God, which grieves him thus, and goes to his very heart. And let us take heed of thinking sin is nothing to God; though Elihu saith here to Job, What dost thou unto him, if thou sinnest? Sin hath done all the mischief to man that ever was done him, nor can any thing do him a mischief, but his sin. And though God, as Elihu argueth truly, be above ⟨p. 36⟩the reach of any mischief that sin or sinners can do him, yet upon trial they will be found guilty of, and cast for doing much, and that very mischievously against God. And therefore
Sixthly, The Scripture saith, God is grieved for the sins of men. Surely God will not be grieved for that which is nothing unto him. Himself saith, sinners fret him, (Ezek. 16.43.) Thou hast fretted me in all these things. A well tempered man will not fret for that which doth not some way or other afflict him. We read (Isa. 63.10.) That Israel vexed his holy Spirit so much, that he was turned to be their enemy, and fought against them. And had they done nothing against him? Yea, it is said (Gen. 6.6) God was so much afflicted with the sins of the old world, that he repented that he had made man upon the Earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Doubtless that is somewhat to God, which grieves him thus, and goes to his very heart. And let us take heed of thinking sin is nothing to God; though Elihu saith here to Job, What dost thou unto him, if thou sinnest? Sin hath done all the mischief to man that ever was done him, nor can any thing do him a mischief, but his sin. And though God, as Elihu argueth truly, be above