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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 23-24
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Men, one or other, ought to have high and honourable thoughts of God, they ought to have holy and reverential thoughts of God, they ought to put far away from them all slightness, and vanity of spirit, when they think or speak of God, they ought to put far from them all boldness and presumption, when they have to do with God. To put away all flight and bold thoughts of God, to take up high and reverential thoughts of God, this, this is to fear God. Yet a little further, and more distinctly, I conceive here in this place, to fear God, stands in a four-fold opposition.
Men, one or other, ought to have high and honourable thoughts of God, they ought to have holy and reverentiall thoughts of God, they ought to put far away from them all slightness, and vanity of spirit, when they think or speak of God, they ought to put far from them all boldness and presumption, when they have to do with God. To put away all flight and bold thoughts of God, to take up high and reverential thoughts of God, this, this is to fear God. Yet a little further, and more distinctly, I conceive here in this place, to fear God, stands in a four-fold opposition.
Fi•st, Men should fear him, and not murmur at what he doth.
Fi•st, Men should fear him, and not murmure at what he doth.
Secondly, They should fear him, and not lightly pass by what he doth.