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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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Let no man think, that because he is wise or holy, he must not therefore be touched or meddled with. Some conceive the chief design of writing this Book, was to let us see this truth, That let men be never so holy, never so upright, or godly, yet they must not claim privilege from the cross, nor complain when they are under it, that God deals not well with them. In this Job overacted, supposing there was no cause why such a man as he, should have such severe chastenings and rebukes; but let men be never so wise, never so good, God may see cause to lay his chastening rods upon them; and had the Lord nothing else to say for it, his sovereignty will bear him out in it against the best of men. The clay must neither say to the Potter, why hast thou made me so? nor why hast thou marred me so? Be silent O all flesh (good as well as bad) before the Lord.
Let no man think, that because he is wise or holy, he must not therefore be touched or medled with. Some conceive the chief design of writing this Book, was to let us see this truth, That let men be never so holy, never so upright, or godly, yet they must not claime priviledge from the cross, nor complain when they are under it, that God deals not well with them. In this Job overacted, supposing there was no cause why such a man as he, should have such severe chastenings and rebukes; but let men be never so wise, never so good, God may see cause to lay his chastening rods upon them; and had the Lord nothing else to say for it, his soveraignty will bear him out in it against the best of men. The clay must neither say to the Potter, why hast thou made me so? nor why hast thou marr'd me so? Be silent O all flesh (good as well as bad) before the Lord.
Lastly, Observe; What-ever favour, what-ever mercy God bestoweth upon the holiest and wisest of men, he doth it not with respect to any wisdom, holiness, or goodness in them, but for his own Name sake, or because he will.
Lastly, Observe; What-ever favour, what-ever mercy God bestoweth upon the holiest and wisest of men, he doth it not with respect to any wisdome, holiness, or goodness in them, but for his own Name sake, or because he will.