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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 38 › Verse 7
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Fourthly, Observe; The great business of Angels, and that which they are most bent to, is to praise God (Psal. 103.20. Psal. 148.2. Isa. 6.3.)
And as at the birth of the World the Angels shouted for joy, so at the birth of Jesus Christ (who was the Author of the second Creation, as well as of the first) the Angels shouted for joy: suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God (Luke 2.13.) To praise God is heavenly work, 'tis angelical work, the most proper work of the Sons of God. We shall not always have need of praying, but we shall always have cause to be praising and shouting for joy: This shout will remain to all eternity. Praise is the most spiritual work, and requires the most spiritual frame of heart; and therefore the chief of that work is reserved to an estate, wherein not only our souls, but our bodies too, shall be altogether spiritual.
And as at the birth of the World the Angels shouted for joy, so at the birth of Jesus Christ (who was the Author of the second Creation, as well as of the first) the Angels shouted for joy: suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God (Luke 2.13.) To praise God is heavenly work, 'tis angelical work, the most proper work of the Sons of God. We shall not alwayes have need of praying, but we shall alwayes have cause to be praising and shouting for joy: This shout will remain to all eternity. Praise is the most spiritual work, and requires the most spiritual frame of heart; and therefore the chief of that work is reserved to an estate, wherein not only our souls, but our bodies too, shall be altogether spiritual.