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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 19-20
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Thirdly, To be in an ignorant condition, is to be in a very uncomfortable condition; darkness is uncomfortable. And though such as are in spiritual darkness are not sensible of their danger (and therefore take up their comforts, rejoice in the crea u•e, and sing care away) yet their danger is not the less, but mo•e; and when once a man is made sensible of his darkness, he is […] about with many fears, doubts and sorrows, &c. The da•kness of the night is very uncomfortable, in comparison of the light of ••e day; what then is the darkness of sin and ignorance, in comparison of the light of grace and of the knowledge of God! And therefore we should,
Thirdly, To be in an ignorant condi•ion, is to be in a very uncomfortable condition; darkness is uncomfo•table. And though such as are in spi•i•ual darkness are not sensible of their danger (and therefore take up their comfo•ts, rejoyce in the crea u•e, and sing care away) yet their danger is not the less, but mo•e; and when once a man is made sensible of his darkness, he is 〈…〉 about with many feares, doubts and sorrows, &c. The da•kness of the night is very uncomfortable, in comparison of the light of ••e day; what then is the darkness of sin and ignorance, in comparison of the light of grace and of the knowledge of God! And therefore we should,
First, Pity the ignorant, those especially who are totally ignorant ⟨p. 584⟩