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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 › Verses 8-10
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Hence note; Afflictions are grievous to the flesh.
Are not fetters so? are not cords so? The word here translated cords, is several times in Scripture applied to signify the pains of a woman in travel; those are most dolorous pains; such are some afflictions. The Apostle speaking of affliction in general, (Heb. 12.11.) saith, No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. 'Tis no easy thing to be in fetters and cords, to be bound in chains. Afflictions straiten, and press, pinch & gall like fetters, they burden the flesh, they are no light matters. Though the Apostle, comparatively to the weight of glory, calleth the heaviest outward afflictions light, (2 Cor. 4.17.) yet first, in themselves; and secondly, to our flesh, they are very heavy. Therefore we should pity those that are in affliction, as those that are in fetters and cords, and we should pray for those that are in affliction, as for those that are bound. Every affliction is a kind of captivity: If they be bound in fetters, and holden in cords of affliction; thus it may be with the righteous. But is not this an argument that God hates them? surely no; we read the mind of God towards them notwithstanding this in the next verse.
Are not fetters so? are not cords so? The word here translated cords, is several times in Scripture applyed to signifie the pains of a woman in travel; those are most dolorous paines; such are some afflictions. The Apostle speaking of affliction in generall, (Heb. 12.11.) saith, No chastning for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. 'Tis no easie thing to be in fetters and cords, to be bound in chaines. Afflictions streighten, and press, pinch & gall like fetters, they burthen the flesh, they are no light matters. Though the Apostle, comparatively to the weight of glory, calleth the heaviest outward afflictions light, (