An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 5-8

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Secondly, We may desire such retirements to, and a dwelling in solitary places, in case of the extreme wickedness of those among whom we dwell; though they break not out into open persecution, yet their evil conversation makes their society int llerable. This caused the Prophet Jeremiah to cry out (Chap. 9.2.) O that I had a place in the wilderness, that I might leave my people and go from them (why?) for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. For, as it is better to dwell in the corner of the house top, than with a brawling woman in a wild house (Prov. 21.9.) so it is better to get into a corner, or into a wilderness, than to live in a City, or in the fairest Palaces among men of wicked and ungodly spirits, such as vexed Lot in Sodom (2 Pet. 2.8.)

Secondly, We may desire such retirements to, and a dwelling in solitary places, in case of the extream wickedness of those among whom we dwell; though they break not out into open persecution, yet their evil conversation makes their society int llerable. This caused the Prophet Jeremiah to cry out (Chap. 9.2.) O that I had a place in the wilderness, that I might leave my people and go from them (why?) for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. For, as it is better to dwell in the corner of the house top, than with a brawling woman in a wilde house (Prov. 21.9.) so it is better to get into a corner, or into a wilderness, than to live in a City, or in the fairest Palaces among men of wicked and ungodly spirits, such as vexed Lot in Sodom (2 Pet. 2.8.)

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In these two cases we may imitate the wild Ass, and dwell in the wilderness; but for any to make it their choice, let them consider where they have a rule for it. Man is a sociable creature, and ought to be helpful and useful to others, and not wholly to confine himself to himself, as they do, who are and are called Anchorites and Hermits. To serve our Country, and to observe the Law of Nations for the common good of mankind, is better than upon any pretence of devotion, or converse with God, to seclude our selves totally from the company and converse of men. And seeing God hath made us for the good of humane society, it is inhumane, voluntarily and electively to disjoin and exempt our selves from the Laws of society. Aristotle said, concerning decliners of society, He that affects solitude,

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 39, verse 5-8, p. 338. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

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1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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