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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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The more they are under the rod, the more they rebel. I ground it upon this; If they did not heap up sin, they should not heap up wrath; were they not more vile & wicked under their affliction, there would not be more anger against them. It was said of those that would have brought in the captives (which was a very oppressing purpose, (2 Chro. 28.13.) ye shall not; for Whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins & to our trespass. Then presently followeth, For our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. As if it had been said, If ye do this thing ye will increase the wrath of God (which is very fierce already) and blow it up into a consuming flame. While men grow more and more wicked and vile, God groweth (as to the manifestations of wrath) more wrathful. When we hear of the increase of wrath, we may be sure there hath been a proportionable increase of sin. It is said of Ahaz, who was a hypocrite in heart, a very profane person, (2 Chron. 28.22.) that in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against the Lord, and trespassing more against the Lord, he heaped up more of the Lords wrath against himself: For 'tis added, (v. 23.) He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which smote him; he got nothing but blows, for his pains, or impious piety in serving them: And he said, because the gods of the Kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But what got he by this increase ⟨p. 262⟩of his sin? Surely nothing, but an increase of wrath; for, it followeth in the same verse, They were the ruin of him and of all Israel. God makes new rods, when men make new sins; and he multiplieth swords, while men multiply transgressions. The more men draw iniquity with cords of vanity, the more they draw misery upon themselves, and are held the faster in the cords of affliction.
The more they are under the rod, the more they rebell. I ground it upon this; If they did not heap up sin, they should not heap up wrath; were they not more vile & wicked under their affliction, there would not be more anger against them. It was said of those that would have brought in the captives (which was a very oppressing purpose, (