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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, To serve him is to do his Will.
Secondly, To serve him is to do his whole Will. It is not the doing of this or that piece of the Will of God, or this or that patch of the Will of God, which renders us his servants; but the doing his whole Will.
Thirdly, To serve him is to do his Will only; so saith the Scripture, Him only shalt thou serve. If it may be supposed, that we could do the whole Will of God, and yet do the will of any other, or do our own will too, in any thing contrary to his, we were not his servants; if we serve him not alone, or if we serve him not only, that is, if in serving man we aim not chiefly at the serving of him, or if all our services to men are not subservient, or not in subordination to the service of God, we serve him not at all.
Fourthly, I may add this also, To serve God is to do every thing under this contemplation, that, what we do is the Will of God. 'Tis very possible for a man to do that which is the Will of God, and yet not to serve him in doing it; which we never do till we do it because it is the Will of God. His Will must be not only the Rule of what we do, but the very Reason why we do it, else our doings are not his servings. They that do not attend this, serve God but as a beast may serve him, a beast may do that which is the Will of God; the inanimate creatures serve him so; We hear of stormy winds and tempests fulfilling his Will, (