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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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The cruel usage of Tyrants, did not hurt the Martyrs; when they burnt them, and imprisoned them, and hanged them, they did not hurt them, because they were patient under those oppressions, and took their sufferings for Christs sake with joyfulness. What hurt did the poverty and ulcers of Lazarus do him? What hurt had Abel by that inhumane cruelty of his brother Cain? What hurt had Paul by all his sufferings? What any of the Saints, by imprisonment, or banishment, by being sawne asunder, or slain with the sword? properly no hurt at all. It is out of the power and reach of wicked persecutors to hurt the Witnesses of Christ, though they have power to slay them. Steven was not hurt when he was stoned, because he freely gave up himself. In a word, take it thus; First, no man is hurt by the sin of another, but as himself is pleased with, or practiseth the same sin; Secondly, no man is hurt by the temptations of the devil, but as he consents and yields to them; Thirdly, no man is hurt by the oppositions and persecutions of others, but as he is impatient under them. Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, And thy Righteousness may profit the son of man.
The cruel usage of Tyrants, did not hurt the Martyrs; when they burnt them, and imprisoned them, and hanged them, they did not hurt them, because they were patient under those oppressions, and took their sufferings for Christs sake with joyfulness. What hurt did the poverty and ulcers of Lazarus do him? What hurt had Abel by that inhumane cruelty of his brother Cain? What hurt had Paul by all his sufferings? What any of the Saints, by imprisonment, or banishment, by being sawne asunder, or slain with the sword? properly no hurt at all. It is out of the power and reach of wicked persecutors to hurt the Witnesses of Christ, though they have power to slay them. Steven was not hurt when he was stoned, because he freely gave up himself. In a word, take it thus; First, no man is hurt by the sin of another, but as himself is pleased with, or practiseth the same sin; Secondly, no man is hurt by the temptations of the devil, but as he consents and yeilds to them; Thirdly, no man is hurt by the oppositions and persecutions of others, but as he is impatient under them. Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, And thy Righteousness may profit the son of man.