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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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In that the righteous are said here to be with Kings upon the Throne, we learn, Righteous persons are in high esteem with God:
He would not thus, in love, set them high, if he did not highly esteem them; he would not thus prefer them, if he did not know their worth. The world usually judges righteous persons, as if they were fit only for the dunghill, as if they were the filth of the world, and the off-scouring of all things, (1 Cor. 4.13.) but God ⟨p. 213⟩hath another opinion of them, he thinks them fit to serve Princes, and to be near the Throne. Take heed of judging them unworthy to be at the footstool, whom God thinks worthy to be with Kings on the Throne.
He would not thus, in love, set them high, if he did not highly esteem them; he would not thus prefer them, if he did not know their worth. The world usually judges righteous persons, as if they were fit only for the dunghill, as if they were the filth of the world, and the off-scouring of all things, (1 Cor. 4.13.) but God ⟨p. 213⟩hath another opinion of them, he thinks them fit to serve Princes, and to be near the Throne. Take heed of judging them unworthy to be at the foo•stool, whom God thinks worthy to be with Kings on the Throne.
Secondly, Note; God hath exalted, and will exalt righteous persons.