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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 5-8
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'tis surely so, to bear the yoke of Christ; to be under Christs bonds, is a favour; woe to those that seek to be loosed from them. The Prophet Jeremiah tells us (Lam. 3.37.) It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.
'tis surely so, to bear the yoak of Christ; to be under Christs bonds, is a favour; woe to those that seek to be loosed from them. The Prophet Jeremiah tells us (Lam. 3.37.) It is good for a man to bear the yoak in his youth.
There is a threefold bond or yoke, from which it is a favour to be wholly freed, and that freedom we should seek after; but neither of the three is a freedom from duty and service, or from due service.
There is a threefold bond or yoak, from which it is a favour to be wholly freed, and that freedom we should seek after; but neither of the three is a freedom from duty and service, or from due service.
First, To be free from the yoke of sin, and to have the bonds of our iniquities loosed, that is a blessed privilege (John 8.36.) If the Son make you free, you shall be free indeed. The chief part of a Sons freedom, which we have by Christ, the Son, is freedom from sin. Freedom from the condemning power of sin, and freedom from the ruling power of sin, is our spiritual or Gospel freedom. Peter said to Simon Magus (Acts 8.23.) I perceive thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity; thou art still a prisoner, a slave to sin, the guilt of sin holds thee fast; nor art thou delivered from the filth of it. To have our sin-bonds loosed, is to be free like Saints; to loose our selves from duty-bonds, whether to God or man, is to be free like wild Asses.