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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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What is vanity? What saith vanity? hath vanity a tongue? can vanity speak? the Text saith, God will not hear vanity. 'Tis frequent in Scripture, to ascribe a tongue, and a voice to sin of any kind; though some sins are more vocal, and speak louder than others, yet all speak. But when he saith, Surely, (or, without all Question) the Lord will not hear vanity, by vanity we are to understand vain men praying; or vanity is put for the prayers and cries of those persons who are as vain as vanity it self. The word rendered vanity, 1signifieth a lie, as also rashness, temerity; God will neither hear rash-headed, nor false-hearted prayers, he will not hear vain prayers, or the prayers of vain men. The Abstract is often put for the Concrete in Scripture, (Psal. 107.42.) All iniquity shall stop her mouth. When the Lord brings about that mighty work, the bringing down of the mighty, & sets the poor on high, (those that are at once poor and humble the Lord will set on high), then Iniquity, that is, wicked men, men of iniquity, shall stop their mouths, or have their mouths stopped, they shall not have a word to say, as gain-saying that righteous and glorious work of God. So here, God will not hear vanity, that is, vain men, or men that pray vainly; all that, which men speak, or act, is vain or vanity, if it be not good, if it be not answerable to the will and ends of God; yea whatsoever prayer doth not proceed from faith, and flow from a pure heart, is vanity, 'tis but straw, and stubble, dross, and dung. God will not hear vanity, Neither will the Almighty regard it.
What is vanity? What saith vanity? hath vanity a tongue? can vanity speak? the Text saith, God will not hear vanity. 'Tis frequent in Scripture, to ascribe a tongue, and a voyce to sin of any kind; though some sins are more vocall, and speak louder than others, yet all speak. But when he saith, Surely, (or, without all Question) the Lord will not hear vanity, by vanity we are to understand vaine men praying; or vanity is put for the prayers and crys of those persons who are as vaine as vanity it self. The word rendred vanity, 1signifieth a lie, as also rashness, temerity; God will neither hear rash-headed, nor false-hearted prayers, he will not hear vaine prayers, or the prayers of vaine men. The Abstract is often put for the Concrete in Scripture, (