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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 36 › Verse 7
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A second inference is this; If the Lord never withdraweth his eyes from the righteous, Then let the righteous know their duty: What's that? Never to withdraw their eyes from the Lord. There is a threefold eye which a righteous man should never withdraw from God. First, An eye of faith: Secondly, An eye of hope: Thirdly, An eye of dependence: and that, First, for direction in all his ways; Secondly, for protection in all his dangers. I will lift up mine eyes (saith David, Psal. 121.1.) unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. And again, (Psal. 123.1, 2.) Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their Masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her Mistress, so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us; that is, we never withdraw our eyes from him, while we have need of his mercy, and that is always. Walk before me, that is, with an eye of faith, hope, and dependence, was the Lords charge to the father of the faithful, (Gen. 17.1.) I have set the Lord always before me, that is, I keep a constant eye upon the Lord, was the profession of David, as the type of Christ, (Psal. 16.8.) And as to keep an eye on God is best and safest for us, so 'tis extremely pleasing and contentfull to Christ, as he tells the Church, (Cant. 9.9.) Thou hast ravished my heart, my Sister, my Spouse, thou hash ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, that is, with a believing, a hoping, a depending look on me for all that good which thou wantest and wouldst have, or with a delighting look on me as thy chiefest good. Let not the righteous withdraw their eyes from God, for he withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous.
A second inference is this; If the Lord never withdraweth his eyes from the righteous, Then let the righteous know their duty: What's that? Never to withdraw their eyes from the Lord. There is a threefold eye which a righteous man should never withdraw from God. First, An eye of faith: Secondly, An eye of hope: Thirdly, An eye of dependance: and that, First, for direction in all his wayes; Secondly, for protection in all his dangers. I will lift up mine eyes (saith David,