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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 › Verse 14
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Hence Note; It is our duty to judge our selves.
And 'tis a great Gospel duty: The Apostle gives it in plain words, (1 Cor. 11.31.) If we would judge our selves, we should not be judged of the Lord. We are very apt to judge one another, but very backward to judge our selves. It is a great work to erect a Tribunal (as I may say) in our own Souls and Consciences, to sit in Judgement upon our selves; which that we may do, we must do these three things. First, we must send Summons to our selves, we must cite our selves to our own Tribunal; for always before Judgement, Summons must go out and be sent to the party offending: Here we are to send Summons to our selves, that is, to call together all the powers of our souls to appear in this Judgement, and answer what is or may be alleged against us. And when we have Summoned our selves, then secondly, we are to ⟨p. 100⟩examine, search, and try our selves, (Lam. 3.41.) Let us search and try our ways, and turn again unto the Lord. Thirdly, having tried and examined our selves, before we can come to Judgement (that Judgement which is here intended) we must humble our selves under a Conviction of our own vileness and sinfulness, whether of our nature or of our actions, whether of our state or of our way; for whereas there are two parts of Judgement, Absolution and Condemnation, we can never come to that part of Judgement, the judging of our selves, as persons worthy to be condemned by the Lord for our sins, unless we are first convinced of our sins. Now when we have summoned, examined, and convicted our selves, then we are ready to judge our selves, to judge our selves even with the judgement of condemnation, respecting what we have done, yet we should do it (with hopes of absolution) acting our faith upon the free grace and mercy of God through the satisfaction which Jesus Christ hath made for us.
And 'tis a great Gospel duty: The Apostle gives it in plain words, (