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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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Take heed, least at any time your hearts be over-charged with surfeiting, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. As if he had said, Take heed of carnal pleasures, as much as of worldly cares, for as they are alike destructive to the present purity of the Soul, so they alike endanger our future peace, and lay us open to the surprise of Judgment. And as such pleasures ruin the state of the soul, so of the body too, with which they have nearest cogna•ion. Hence that of Solomon (Prov. 21.17) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. There, pleasure is opposed to work or labour: He that is all for taking his pleasure, and will not follow his Calling, this man comes quickly to poverty, and will dye a Beggar. Suppose the pleasure be lawful, yet if he loves pleasure, and is at his pleasure ⟨p. 245⟩when he should be at his labour, he will soon be reduced to a morsel of bread, and become a poor man: But he that loveth unlawful pleasures, shall not only be a poor man, but will prove a wicked man. Thou that art given to pleasures (Isa. 47.8.) is the Character of Babylon. God gives good men pleasure, but 'tis the mark of an evil man to be given to pleasure. They that love pleasure, are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God (2 Tim. 3.4.) and such must needs be the worst of men.
Take heed, least at any time your hearts be over-charged with surfetting, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. As if he had said, Take heed of carnal pleasures, as much as of worldly cares, for as they are alike destructive to the present purity of the Soul, so they alike endanger our future peace, and lay us open to the surprize of Judgment. And as such pleasures ruine the state of the soul, so of the body too, with which they have nearest cogna•ion. Hence that of Solomon (Prov. 21.17) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. There, pleasure is opposed to work or labour: He that is all for taking his pleasure, and will not follow his Calling, this man comes quickly to poverty, and will dye a Beggar. Suppose the pleasure be lawful, yet if he loves pleasure, and is at his pleasure