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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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Thirdly, From the matter of the Promise,
Note; A comfortable passage through this life, is a very great mercy, as well as the hope of happiness for ever in the other life.
'Tis prosperity and pleasure in this world, though nor mere worldly prosperity and pleasure, which is here p•o•ised; and we are not to slight any thing that comes by promise, yea, we should highly esteem those things, which, considered in themselves, ⟨p. 250⟩are little worth, as they come to us through the Promise. We may quickly over-rate and over-reckon outward things in themselves, and we ever do so, if we rate or reckon them any better than vanity; but as they are promised and bestowed in a way of savour from God, and as they are a part of the purchase of Christ, and handed to us by him (so are even outward things to believers) thus they are very valuable. Upon these terms to live and spend our days in good, and our years in honest lawful pleasures, is a great mercy.
'Tis prosperity and pleasure in this world, though nor meer worldly prosperity and pleasure, which is here p•o•ised; and we are not to slight any thing that comes by promise, yea, we should highly esteem those things, which, considered in themselves, ⟨p. 250⟩are little worth, as they come to us through the Promise. We may quickly over-rate and over-reckon outward things in themselves, and we ever do so, if we rate or reckon them any better than vanity; but as they are promised and bestowed in a way of savour from God, and as they are a part of the purchase of Christ, and handed to us by him (so are even outward things to believers) thus they are very valuable. Upon these terms to live and spend our dayes in good, and our years in honest lawful pleasures, is a great mercy.