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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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Prosperity is a good thing, a good blessing of God. They shall spend their days in good, we translate it in the 21 Chapter v. 15. in wealth. Wealth also is a good blessing of God to those that are good, and prosperity takes that in; prosperity is a large word comprehending all good, health and wealth, honour and peace: what-ever we can imagine to render our lives comfortable comes under the name of Prosperity, They shall spend their days in prosperity, or in good; this reward they shall have from the Lord who serve him. Is not this good wages? The carnal rich man pleased himself and said, (Luke 12.19.) Soul, take thine ease, thou hast goods laid up for many years. The godly do not please themselves, that they have goods laid up for many years in their own Stock, in their Lands, in their Houses, in their Purses, in their Shops, but they please themselves that they have good laid up for many years, yea, for eternity, in the Promises of God. They who serve him, they shall spend their days in good, they shall have good for every day, and so finish their days with good; yet this is not all, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in Pleasures.
Prosperity is a good thing, a good blessing of God. They shall spend their dayes in good, we translate it in the 21 Chapter v. 15. in wealth. Wealth also is a good blessing of God to those that are good, and prosperity takes that in; prosperity is a large word comprehending all good, health and wealth, honour and peace: what-ever we can imagine to render our lives comfortable comes under the name of Prosperity, They shall spend their dayes in prosperity, or in good; this reward they shall have from the Lord who serve him. Is not this good wages? The carnal rich man pleased himself and said, (Luke 12.19.) Soul, take thine ease, thou hast goods laid up for many yeares. The godly do not please themselves, that they have goods laid up for many years in their own Stock, in their Lands, in their Houses, in their Purses, in their Shops, but they please themselves that they have good laid up for many years, yea, for eternity, in the Promises of God. They who serve him, they shall spend their dayes in good, they shall have good for every day, and so finish their dayes with good; yet this is not all, They shall spend their dayes in prosperity, And their years in Pleasures.