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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 17-18
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Observe first; When we put on our clothes we should remember our sin, or, Our garments are memorials of our sin.
The covering of our natural nakedness is a discovery of our spiritual; and therefore when we cover our natural nakedness we should think of our spy itual. 'Tis sin alone which makes us shamefully naked. Moses saw the people were naked, when they had made the golden Calf (Exod. 32.25.) not that they had no clothes on them, but they had got a new sin upon them, and had lost their former integrity, which was a better ornament than clothing, as also the protection of God, which was a better guard or defence than armour. Our garments, which are an occasion of pride to many, should be an occasion of humiliation to all. Let us take heed of sinning in the use of garments, seeing it was sin that brought in the use of garments. I only mind the reader of it from the notation of the wo d.
The covering of our natural nakedness is a discovery of our spiritual; and the•efore when we cover our natural nakedness we should think of our spi itual. 'Tis sin alone which makes us shamefully naked. Moses saw the people were naked, when they had made the golden Calf (Exod. 32.25.) not that they had no clothes on them, but they had got a new sin upon them, and had lost their former integ•ity, which was a better ornament than clothing, as also the protection of God, which was a better guard or defence than armour. Our garments, which are an occasion of pride to many, should be an occasion of humiliation to all. Let us take heed of sinning in the use of garments, seeing it was sin that brought in the use of garments. I only mind the reader of it from the notation of the wo d.