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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 12-15
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Lastly, Consider if the Lord hath bestowed so great a mercy upon us, in commanding the morning, or in giving us light, the light of the Sun; then let us be minded, how great a mercy the Lord hath bestowed upon us in commanding the light or morning of the Gospel to come upon us. It was night with us, and so it would have been for ever, for any means we could have devised or used to help out selves out of it, till God commanded Christ, the bright Morning Star (Rev. 22.16.) and Sun of Righteousness, to rise and shine upon us. How unspeakable a mercy is it, that such a light should appear to us, who not only were in darkness, but were darkness! If we account it a mercy, that God hath commanded a morning to shine to us; O what a mercy is it, that we have a Christ to shine upon us! That the Day-Star from on high ⟨p. 126⟩hath visited us! That he who is the true light, that enlightens every man that cometh into the world (John 1.9.) hath risen upon us, both to scatter the darkness of sin and ignorance, and to cheer our souls with the sweet beams of his healing wings.
Lastly, Consider if the Lord hath bestowed so great a mercy upon us, in commanding the morning, or in giving us light, the light of the Sun; then let us be minded, how great a mercy the Lord hath bestowed upon us in commanding the light or morning of the Gospel to come upon us. It was night with us, and so it would have been for ever, for any means we could have devised or used to help out selves out of it, till God commanded Christ, the bright Morning Star (Rev. 22.16.) and Sun of Righteousness, to rise and shine upon us. How unspeakable a mercy is it, that such a light should appear to us, who not only were in darkness, but were darkness! If we account it a mercy, that God hath commanded a morning to shine to us; O what a mercy is it, that we have a Christ to shine upon us! That the Day-Star from on high ⟨p. 126⟩hath visited us! That he who is the true light, that enlightens every man that cometh into the world (