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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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These words (may hurt) are not expressed in the Original Text, but they are plainly intended and implied: Yet if we should leave them out of the reading, the sense would be the same (Thy wickedness is to hurt a man as thou art) That is, thy wickedness is to the hurt or damage of a man as thou art; it may hurt thee or thy brother, it may hurt thy self, or any like thy self.
These words (may hurt) are not expressed in the Original Text, but they are plainly intended and implyed: Yet if we should leave them out of the reading, the sence would be the same (Thy wickedness is to hurt a man as thou art) That is, thy wickednesse is to the hurt or damage of a man as thou art; it may hurt thee or thy brother, it may hurt thy self, or any like thy self.
Hence Note, First, That sin is a hurtful thing.
Hence Note, First, That sin is a hurtfull thing.
Wheresoever sin is, it doth mischief. Sin is so bad in the nature of it, that we have reason enough to avoid it and fly from it, and sin is so dangerous in the Effects of it, that we have further, though not more reason to avoid it, and fly from it; indeed we should rather (and that is our spiritualness in avoiding of sin) avoid it because of the evil that is in the Nature of it, because it riseth up against the Will, and breaks the holy Commands of God; we have greatest reason to depart from sin, because it is a departure from God, because of the blackness and filthiness of it; yet not only the blackness of this Coal, but the fire, the eternal fire that is in it, gives us cause enough to depart from it. 'Tis true, a truly gracious heart would not sin, though he might escape all the sad effects of sin, but when he hears it is as hot as fire, and as deadly as poison, and as killing as the plague; when he hears that it is the ruin of Persons, and of Families, of Churches and Nations, when he hears that 'tis sin which hath done all the hurt and mischief that ever was in the world, he sees he hath further reason to dread it, and depart from it.