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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 39 › Verse 1-4
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This is part of that vanity brought by mans sin upon the creature, of which the Apostle speaks (Rom. 8.22.) We know that the whole creation (or every creature) groaneth and travelleth in pain together until now. 1The creatures groan, as b•ing laden with a heavy burden, and they travel in pain, as a woman with child, to be eased and delivered of her burden, even those creatures which in proper sense, neither travel nor bring forth, yet are said to groan and travel in pain, by reason of the sin of man; and therefore the Apostle •aith, They groan and travel in pain together; that is, all the creatures join in this. They do not some groan, & others sing, some travel in pain, and others travel in or take their pleasure, but they are all (as it were) sensible of their sad change, and bewail it sadly; and (saith the Apostle) they groan and travel until now, or unto this now; not as if their groaning did then cease when this was said, but to show that it had continued without ceasing, until that instant now; and so it will continue until the manifestation of the sons of God, spoken of (vers. 19.) As soon as man sinned, the Lord laid that affliction on the woman, In sorrow shalt thou bring forth (Gen. 3.16.) Now that which was first ⟨p. 321⟩declared an affliction, with respect to the woman, is fallen upon all creatures in their degree; they all are more or less pained in travel, or travel in pain. The sin of man hath brought sorrow upon the whole world, even upon sinless creatures; & therefore man should pity poor creatures in their sorrows, his sin having brought those sorrows upon them. How vile then are they, who merely to satisfy their lusts, increase the sorrows of the creature, and cause them to travel more than needs, in pain every day?
This is part of that vanity brought by mans sin upon the creature, of which the Apostle speaks (Rom. 8.22.) We know that the whole creation (or every creature) groaneth and travelleth in pain together until now.