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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 40 › Verse 6-8
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Fifthly, Consider how sinful a thing it is for any to go about to cross the administration of God. Somewhat we may do, in all the judgements or sad dispensations of God; we may pray about them, and we may in an humble submission expostulate with God about them; but we must take heed of an unquiet spirit under them, or of any risings of heart against them: Pray we may about them, earnestly, instantly, and importunately, and the more the better, yet still quietly submit; and the more quietly we submit to them, the more fit we are to pray to, and wrestle with him about them; that he in his own good time, and in his own way, would remove them from us. Wilt thou disannul my Judgement?
Fifthly, Consider how sinful a thing it is for any to go about to crosse the administration of God. Somewhat we may do, in all the judgements or sad dispensations of God; we may pray about them, and we may in an humble submission expostulate with God about them; but we must take heed of an unquiet spirit under them, or of any risings of heart against them: Pray we may about them, earnestly, instantly, and importunately, and the more the better, yet still quietly submit; and the more quietly we submit to them, the more fit we are to pray to, and wrestle with him about them; that he in his own good time, and in his own way, would remove them from us. Wilt thou disanul my Judgement?
Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous.
These words may be taken as an Exposition of the former. As if the Lord had said, Either I must be condemned, that thou mayest be righteous, or thou must be condemned, that I may be righteous; now whether it be meet that I or thou must be condemned, do thou judge. While thou insistest so much upon thine own innocency, thou seemest to cast blame upon my Justice. Either I have wronged thee by afflicting thee without just cause, or thou hast wronged me by intimations that I have done so: One of these must needs be true, seeing there is no middle between them. Consider then which is most probable, that I have wronged thee, or thou me. These are immediate contraries; so that the one being granted, the other must be denied. Now wilt thou accuse me of injustice in afflicting thee, that thy cause may be esteemed just?