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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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Lastly, We must serve God as Sons, (Mal. 3.17.) A Son serveth no less than a Servant, yea much more, though not as a servant; for he knoweth more of his Fathers mind than a mere servant doth (Joh. 15.15.) and he knoweth, that he shall have also, though not Wages at the end of every day, yet the inheritance in the end. Obadiah was the proper name of one good man, and it is a name common to all good men; they are (as that word imports) Servants of the Lord. It is a common Theme to urge men to serve God, but it is a rare thing to be indeed a servant of God. To serve God is the Sum and Marrow of all knowledge ⟨p. 240⟩in divinity, and the great end why we came into this World and for which we are here detained. Nor is it an easy matter to come up to, or attain the holy skill of serving such a Lord and Master as he: There must be a doing of his Will, and of his whole Will, and of his Will only, and that under this precise contemplation, that it is his Will, to denominate us his servants, or to make a proof that we serve him.
Lastly, We must serve God as Sons, (Mal. 3.17.) A Son serveth no less than a Servant, yea much more, though not as a servant; for he knoweth more of his Fathers mind than a meer servant doth (Joh. 15.15.) and he knoweth, that he shall have also, though not Wages at the end of every day, yet the inheritance in the end. Obadiah was the proper name of one good man, and it is a name common to all good men; they are (as that word imports) Servants of the Lord. It is a common Theam to urge men to serve God, but it is a rare thing to be indeed a servant of God. To serve God is the Summe and Marrow of all knowledge ⟨p. 240⟩in divinity, and the great end why we came into this World and for which we are here detained. Nor is it an easie matter to come up to, or attain the holy skill of serving such a Lord and Master as he: There must be a doing of his Will, and of his whole Will, and of his Will only, and that under this precise contemplation, that it is his Will, to denominate us his servants, or to make a proof that we serve him.