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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 39-41
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The worst of men, yea, the very beasts will pray in their kind, or after their manner, when they are pinched with extremities, either of want or fear. The Heathen Mariners in Jonah, ⟨p. 403⟩being greatly distressed, cried every one to his god. There may be a cry of prayer to God in the mouth; where there is no grace in the heart. The Apostle saith, Rom. 10. Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved; but then it must be in faith, for so it follows there, How shall they call on him on whom they have not believed? Many call upon God, that shall not be saved (Psal. 18.41.) They cried, but their was none to save them, even to the Lord, but he answered them not. The cry of graceless men is seldomer heard than the cry of reasonless beasts or birds. Hence,
The worst of men, yea, the very beasts will pray in their kind, or after their manner, when they are pinched with extremities, either of want or fear. The Heathen Marriners in Jonah, ⟨p. 403⟩being greatly distressed, cryed every one to his god. There may be a cry of prayer to God in the mouth; where there is no grace in the heart. The Apostle saith, Rom. 10. Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved; but then it must be in faith, for so it follows there, How shall they call on him on whom they have not believed? Many call upon God, that shall not be saved (Psal. 18.41.) They cryed, but their was none to save them, even to the Lord, but he answered them not. The cry of graceless men is seldomer heard than the cry of reasonless beasts or birds. Hence,
Thirdly, Note; The Lord hears the cry of nature when 'tis in want.