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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 37 › Verses 9-11
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'Tis so in natural things, 'tis so also (to mind the reader of that occasioned this note) in spirituals and morals. Take coldness as it is an ill disposition, or an indisposition upon the heart, it straitens us, as to the doing of any good; fo•, as Christ hath foretold us (Mat. 24.12.) that because iniquity shall abound (in the latter days) the love of many shall wax cold: So when-ever love or zeal, or any grace in us waxeth cold, piety, in all the acts or whole compass of it, will certainly decline and be straitened. He that before had a large heart, becomes narrow-hearted, and is pinched in his spirit by this sinful coldness. Warmth enlargeth, Cold straiteneth. God sends the cold of afflictions upon many bad men, to straiten their Lusts, else they would keep no bounds, they would overflow all; and it is the great design of Satan to send a cold upon, or to frieze the spirits of all good men, that they may be straitened and made unfit for the service of God. Take heed of a coldness in your disposition, for that will be a straitner of your graces; but welcome the frost of affliction, that may be a st•aitner of your corruptions. There is nothing we should fea• more (except the loss of them, and the favour of God with them) than to feel our graces straitened; nor is there any thing (except the favour of God) which we should more desire, than to feel our lusts and corruptions weakened and abated.
'Tis so in natural things, 'tis so also (to mind the reader of that occasion'd this note) in spirituals and morals. Take coldness as it is an ill disposition, or an indi•position upon the heart, it straitens us, as to the doing of any good; fo•, as Christ hath foretold us (Mat. 24.12.) that because iniquity shall abound (in the latter dayes) the love of many shall wax cold: So when-ever love or zeal, or any grace in us waxeth cold, piety, in all the acts or whole compasse of it, will certainly decline and be straitned. He that before had a large heart, becomes narrow-hearted, and is pinched in his spirit by this sinful coldnesse. Warmth enlargeth, Cold straiteneth. God sends the cold of afflictions upon many bad men, to straiten their Lusts, else they would keep no bounds, they would overflow all; and it is the geat design of Satan to send a cold upon, or to frieze the spirits of all good men, that they may be straitened and made unfit for the service of God. Take heed of a coldness in your disposition, for that will be a straitner of your graces; but welcome the frost of affliction, that may be a staitner of your corruptions. There is nothing we should fea more (except the loss of them, and the favour of God with them) than to feel our graces straitened; nor is there any thing (except the favour of God) which we should more desire, than to feel our lusts and corruptions weakned and abated.