A35538:1667
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 13-18
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When Pharaoh dealt so extreme hardly with the people of Israel, when he increased their number of bricks, and denied them straw, and made them serve with rigour, he was extremely hardened against them. That spiritual judgement, hardness of heart, was deeply upon Pharaoh, when he dealt so hardly with the chosen people of God, notwithstanding all the corporal judgments which God brought upon him. And as it was in that case between Pharaoh and the children of Israel, so in any case whatsoever, he that dealeth hardly with others, hath a heart hardened against them; as this beast-bird, the Ostrich (upon that account) is said to harden her self against her young ones.
When Pharoah dealt so extream hardly with the people of Israel, when he increased their number of bricks, and denied them straw, and made them serve with rigor, he was extreamly hardned against them. That spiritual judgement, hardness of heart, was deeply upon Pharoah, when he dealt so hardly with the chosen people of God, notwithstanding all the corporal judgments which God brought upon him. And as it was in that case between Pharoah and the children of Israel, so in any case whatsoever, he that dealeth hardly with others, hath a heart hardned against them; as this beast-bird, the Ostrich (upon that account) is said to harden her self against her young ones.
Note, Secondly; 'Tis an aggravation of hard-heartedness, to deal hardly with those that are young and tender.
They that are grown up, they that are hardened, can endure hardship. The Apostle Paul would have every believer, especially a Minister of the Gospel, to endure hardship (2 Tim. 2.3.) 'Tis both their duty & wisdom to harden themselves, who are like to endure hardship, and to find the world hardened against them. All such should inure themselves to endure hard things, or to suffer evil (as the word there is) as the good soldiers of Jesus Christ.