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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 9-12
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Will the Unicorn be willing to serve thee? will he be a ready servant to thee? he will not. As if it had been said, The Unicorn is an indocible, and an untractable animal; he will not be brought to hand, he will neither bear the yoke, nor wear the bridle; nor endure to be harnessed like the Ox and Horse; let man do what he will, what he can with him, he will neither go to Plough nor Cart, not he.
1Will the Vnicorn be willing to serve thee? will he be a ready servant to thee? he will not. As if it had been said, The Vnicorn is an indocible, and an untractable animal; he will not be brought to hand, he will neither bear the yoak, nor wear the bridle; nor endure to be harnessed like the Ox and Horse; let man do what he will, what he can with him, he will neither go to Plow nor Cart, not he.
- 1Num acquiescet aut consentiet ex suapte natura, ut tibi subjiciatur?
Hence note, First; Service should be done with willingness, or with the will.
It is the commendation of a servant, when he doth his Masters work with his will, more than with his hand. Man should be as willing to serve, as he is to be served, as willing to obey, as to rule; nor doth any man know truly how to command, but he that knows how to obey, and when called, is willing to obey in the service of God; nothing is done to him, unless it be done with the will, and therefore the full effect of the work of the grace of God upon the heart of man, is comprehended in this ⟨p. 359⟩