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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 28-30
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Fourthly, As Frost and Cold kill the weeds and worms which eat the roots and hinder the growth of Herbs, Corn, and Plants; so afflictions kill our lusts, those worms and weeds that breed and grow in our hearts, always hindering the fruitfulness, sometime to the utter unfruitfulness, of the seed of the word sown among us and upon us (Matth. 13.22.) The frost of affliction is a means to prevent the worm which breeds naturally out of the corruption of our hearts, even that terrible worm spoken of (Isa. 66.24.) the worm of conscience. As there are worms of corruption, Pride, Covetousness, Wrath, Wantonness, &c. in our hearts; so out of these that tormenting worm breeds, called the worm of Conscience. Now, the frost of affliction which God sends upon us, is very effectual, as to kill these worms of corruption which eat the roots of our graces, and hinder our fruit-bearing; so to prevent the life of that worm of Conscience, which (as the Prophet speaks in the place last named) never dyeth.
Fourthly, As Frost and Cold kill the weeds and worms which eat the roots and hinder the growth of Herbs, Corn, and Plants; so afflictions kill our lusts, those worms and weeds that breed and grow in our hearts, alwayes hindering the fruitfulness, sometime to the utter unfruitfulness, of the seed of the word sown among us and upon us (Matth. 13.22.) The frost of affliction is a means to prevent the worm which breeds naturally out of the corruption of our hearts, even that terrible worm spoken of (Isa. 66.24.) the worm of conscience. As there are worms of corruption, Pride, Covetousness, Wrath, Wantonness, &c. in our hearts; so out of these that tormenting worm breeds, called the worm of Conscience. Now, the frost of affliction which God sends upon us, is very effectual, as to kill these worms of corruption which eat the roots of our graces, and hinder our fruit-bearing; so to prevent the life of that worm of Conscience, which (as the Prophet speaks in the place last named) never dyeth.