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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 13-14
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1Vers. 13. But the hypocrites in heart, &c.
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That adversative particle shows that he is dealing upon another subject: hypocrites in heart are far from righteousness. I have discoursed somewhat largely concerning the hypocrite in chap. 34 v. 30. upon these words, That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people […] ⟨p. 257⟩snared; Therefore I intend not here to revive that subject, but shall only a little open the additional term or amplification which is here put upon the hypocrite. Elihu doth not say barely, hypocrites heap up wrath, but, The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath; as implying some special character and brand of hypocrisy upon the persons here aimed at. An hypocrite in heart is no more but this, nor is it any thing less than an hearty hypocrite; he is one that is not to the halves, but wholly hypocritical; he that is but half with God (such is the hypocrite) is wholly profane, wholly wicked. The same word which signifieth an hypocrite signifieth a profane person, and so we put it in the margin of this text, The hypocrite, or the profane in heart. This expression is very parallel with that of the Apostle Paul (Col. 1.21.) Ye that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind, by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. He doth not only call natural men enemies to God, as indeed they all are, (the wisdom of the flesh is enmity against God) But he calls them enemies in their minds, that is, such as have a mind to be enemies, or such as have a good will to do evil. So here, an hypocrite in heart is a man heartily hypocritical; whosoever is an hypocrite is an hypocrite in heart; Hypocrisy is that which lieth at the bottom, it is an heart-sin: though hypocrisy act and vent it self at the tongue, and by the hand, yet all hypocrisy lieth at the heart; nevertheless, every hypocrite is not (strictly taken) an hypocrite in heart. The hypocrite in heart is opposed to the upright in heart, (