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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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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.
First, To be free from the yoak of sin, and to have the bonds of our iniquities loosed, that is a blessed priviledge (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 wilde Asses.
Secondly, There is a great mercy in being loosed and made free from the curse of the Law. Thus also the Son makes us free (Gal. 3.13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us; that is, enduring the curse for us, or dying accursed death for us, that we might have, and for ever enjoy a blessed life: This is a glorious liberty.