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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 14-16
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, To slightness of Spirit, or the light passing over of what we hear or see.
Secondly, to unquietness and passionateness of spirit, because of what we hear or see. Some lightly pass things by, others think of the wo•ks of God in a passion, or with a kind of rage; they are rather vexing themselves about the wondrous works of God, than considering them. Consideration is a wo•k that stands between these two extremes, slightness and unquietness of spirit. Consideration requires a serious soul, and if right, it makes the soul patient. They who once consider the works of God rightly, will rest in them satisfiedly. Consider the wonderful works of God.
Secondly, to unquietness and passionatess of spirit, because of what we hear or see. Some lightly pass things by, others think of the wo•ks of God in a passion, or with a kind of rage; they are rather vexing themselves about the wonderous works of God, than considering them. Consideration is a wo•k that stands between these two extreams, slightnesse and unquietnesse of spirit. Consideration requires a serious soul, and if right, it makes the soul patient. They who once consider the works of God rightly, will rest in them satisfiedly. Consider the wonderful works of God.
Elihu was speaking of those works of God in the Air, the Meteors, Clouds and Rain, &c. as under the rule of his providence; now saith he, Consider