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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 35 › Verses 9-13
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and let it be the abhorrence of our souls for ever to sin at all, much more to sin up to rebellion against God in our affliction, that it should be said of any of us as of that wicked King Ahaz, (2 Chron. 28.22.) that in the time of any distress, we have trespassed more against the Lord.
Thirdly, Whereas those oppressed ones cried, yet (according to the second interpretation) continued proud and naught.
Thirdly, Whereas those oppressed ones cryed, yet (according to the second interpretation) continued proud and naught.
Observe, The greatest oppression and worldly trouble, cannot break the power of sin, nor bring down the proud heart of man.
Neither oppression from man, nor affliction from God, can break the pride of mans spirit. These were oppressed, yet proud still. Our estates may be broken, our relations broken, our comforts broken, yet our hearts remain unbroken. The oppressed are many times, as proud as their oppressors, and they who are unjustly dealt with, are s bad as they that deal unjustly with them. Oppressors (though not all who oppress) are always bad, and the oppressed are many times so too, even as bad as their oppressors. There is no proof of any mans grace or goodness by this, that he is oppressed, or wronged; for he may be wronged, and ground to powder with oppression, yet his heart as hard as a nether Millstone, and his spirit as high, and as much lifted up as Lucifers. There is nothing in affliction, trouble, or oppression, that can humble the heart of man; the Spirit of God, God himself must do it. Outward changes work no inward change; we may be emptied from vessel to vessel, from one condition to another, yet have our sin-sent remaining in us. It was, indeed, said of Moab, (