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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 11-12
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IN the former Context we heard, what the blessed designs of God are upon the righteous, when they are bound in fetters, and holden in the cords of affliction, namely, to convince them of their sin, to fit them for the receiving of Instruction, and to bring them clear off from iniquity.
IN the former Context we heard, what the blessed designes of God are upon the righteous, when they are bound in fetters, and holden in the cords of affliction, namely, to convince them of their sin, to fit them for the receiving of Instruction, and to bring them clear off from iniquity.
In these two verses Elihu proceedeth to show what the issue of those afflictions will be, in a double respect or case.
In these two verses Elihu proceedeth to shew what the issue of those afflictions will be, in a double respect or case.
First, In case the afflicted come up to and answer the forementioned designs of God; that is, if they take knowledge of their sin, if their ears be opened to Instruction, if they return from iniquity; what then? he tells us (v. 11.) If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures; that shall be the issue, the blessed issue of all the afflictions with which they were exercised.
First, In case the afflicted come up to and answer the forementioned designes of God; that is, if they take knowledge of their sin, if their ears be opened to Instruction, if they return from iniquity; what then? he tells us (v. 11.) If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperity, and their years in pleasures; that shall be the issue, the blessed issue of all the afflictions with which they were exercised.