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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 1-3
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If we say a man deals otherwise with us then we have deserved at his hands, we judge him, as to that action, uneven and unjust in his dealings. Surely then, if we think or speak hardly of the hardest ways of God, we speak and think hardly of God himself. We cannot think well of God, unless we say all that he doth is well done. A thought, that there is but one twig in our rod more than is meet, or fit, or more than is good for us, or to think it abides one minute longer upon our backs, than is meet, or fit, or good for us, is to say, Our righteousness is more than Gods; yea, 'tis to say, Our wisdom is more than Gods, and our mercies are more than the mercies of God. Therefore take heed of such thoughts. Though we cannot see the righteousness of God in his works, yet we must say his wo•ks are righteous. It can never be right, not only to say, Our righteousness is more than Gods, but so much as to say, Our righteousness is any thing to Gods.
If we say a man deals otherwise with us then we have deserved at his hands, we judge him, as to that action, uneven and unjust in his dealings. Surely then, if we think or speak hardly of the hardest wayes of God, we speak and think hardly of God himself. We cannot think well of God, unlesse we say all that he doth is well done. A thought, that there is but one twig in our rod more than is meet, or fit, or more than is good for us, or to think it abides one minute longer upon our backs, than is meet, or fit, or good for us, is to say, Our righteousnesse is more than Gods; yea, 'tis to say, Our wisdom is more than Gods, and our mercies are more than the mercies of God. Therefore take heed of such thoughts. Though we cannot see the righteousnesse of God in his works, yet we must say his wo•ks are righteous. It can never be right, not only to say, Our righteousness is more than Gods, but so much as to say, Our righteousness is any thing to Gods.
Thirdly Note, What we speak rashly, may at any time be pressed upon us hardly, and is sometimes very uncharitably.
Thirdly Note, What we speak rashly, may at any time be prest upon us hardly, and is sometimes very uncharitably.