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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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Secondly, Elihu tells us what the Hypocrites in heart do not; They cry not when h• bindeth them. 1But is it a fault, or so great a fault, not to cry when God bindeth us? Are we commanded or bound to cry, when we are bound in fetters, and holden in cords of affliction? wherein lieth this sin? That will appear while I show what crying is here intended.
Secondly, Elihu tells us what the Hypocrites in heart do not; They cry not when h• bindeth them. 1But is it a fault, or so great a fault, not to cry when God bindeth us? Are we commanded or bound to cry, when we are bound in fetters, and holden in cords of affliction? wherein lyeth this sin? That will appear while I shew what crying is here intended.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Vincire pro castigare, species pro genere. Licet hanc doctrinam in communi Elihu prop•nat, verisimile tamen est Jobum dicendo pungere.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Vincire pro castigare, species pro genere. Licet hanc doctrinam in communi Elihu prop•nat, verisimile tamen est Jobum dicendo pungere.
To cry, is, First, to complain and make a noise; this is the cry of impatience. Secondly, to mourn and be sorrowful; this is the cry of Repentance. Thirdly, to pray, to supplicate, yea, to pray mightily, to pray strongly; and this is the cry of Faith. (Luke 18.7.) Shall not God avenge his own Elect, which cry day and night unto him? That is, which pray mightily to him night and day. The hypocrite in heart often makes the first cry when God bindeth him, the cry of impatience, but never the two latter; he makes not, either the cry of Repentance, or the cry of Faith in Prayer, when God bindeth him. This lets us see the second Part of the wickedness of these hypocrites, 'tis the omission of a most necessary duty, yea of two: They act very sinfully, for