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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, Consider this cry a little further, as a Prayer-cry. Hypocrites in heart may be much for prayer in time of prosperity, they were not hypocrites else; if they did not pray, they were ⟨p. 266⟩openly profane, not hypocrites. Christ speaking of hypocrites, (Math. 6.) tells us, they pray much, and (Math. 7.) they cry Lord, Lord. Hypocrites are much in praying, especially in times of prosperity, yet here he saith, They cry not when he bindeth them, that is, in the day of adversity.
Secondly, Consider this cry a little further, as a Prayer-cry. Hypocrites in heart may be much for prayer in time of prosperity, they were not hypocrites else; if they did not pray, they were ⟨p. 266⟩openly prophane, not hypocrites. Christ speaking of hypocrites, (Math. 6.) tells us, they pray much, and (Math. 7.) they cry Lord, Lord. Hypocrites are much in praying, especially in times of prosperity, yet here he saith, They cry not when he bindeth them, that is, in the day of adversity.
Hence Observe; That which is not done uprightly, will not be done constantly.
Hypocrites cry to God only in show at best, and when 'tis best with them; but when they fall into a troubled condition, they cry not, they even lay down their show; they throw up their duties, when they miss their desires. They who have prayed often in a time of prosperity, not throwing away their sins, coming into affliction they throw away their prayers. Prayer will forsake them, who forsake God while they pray. Such as want Faith, will not have a heart to pray in their wants. If holy Duties cause us not to leave our sins, sinning will at last cause us to throw off our holy Duties, Will, or doth, the hypocrite pray always? was Jobs denying question, at the 27th Chapter of this Book. They who do not love prayer, cannot hold out in prayer: They who do not find a sweetness in drawing near to God in good Times, will soon withdraw from him in evil Times.