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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 26-29
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Some have (I know) mounting motions at the command of the Devil (the Lord hath the command of them, though they are not commanded by him) that is, the proud imaginations, the lofty thoughts of man, these mounting motions, are not at the command, but against the command of the Lord; the Lord suffers them, but they are from Satan, he puffs men up, he blows them up with pride. But both the natural mountings of the sensitives creatures, and the gracious mountings of the new creature on high, are by the command of God. True believers have lowest or lowliest spirits, yet highest and noblest aims, not grovelling on nor bowing to the earth, but like an Eagle, mounting up on high: As this high flight of the soul is highly pleasing unto God, so 'tis made by his strength, and at his command. A believer flies high;
Some have (I know) mounting motions at the command of the Devil (the Lord hath the command of them, though they are not commanded by him) that is, the proud imaginations, the lofty thoughts of man, these mounting motions, are not at the command, but against the command of the Lord; the Lord suffers them, but they are from Satan, he puffs men up, he blows them up with pride. But both the natural moun•ings of the sensitives creatures, and the gracious mountings of the new creature on high, are by the command of God. True believers have lowest or lowliest spirits, yet highest and noblest aimes, not grovelling on nor bowing to the earth, but like an Eagle, mounting up on high: As this high flight of the soul is highly pleasing unto God, so 'tis made by his strength, and at his command. A believer flies high;
First, In the contemplation of divine things. What towering thoughts hath he concerning God, and the concernments of salvation by Jesus Christ! he is not mingling his soul with the dust, nor mudding it upon the dunghills of this world: As his conversation or trade is for things above, so his mind and meditation is upon them.
First, In the contemplation of divine things. What towering thoughts hath he concerning God, and the concernments of salvation by Jesus Christ! he is not mingling his soul with the dust, nor mudding it upon the dunghils of this world: As his conversation or trade is for things above, so his mind and meditation is upon them.