An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 19-21

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And as there is a great glory coming to God, in ordering light and darkness, as to the outward face of things; so there is a greater, as to the inward state of his people, their soul-state. And though the Lord doth not keep such a constant course in that, yet he observeth a rule in all the revolutions of it. We have sometimes light and sometimes darkness in our souls: Now the light of comfort increaseth towards us, and anon the night of sorrow darkeneth upon us. Our souls meet often with these turns and changes. Let us adore the wisdom, and submit to the holy will of God in all. For though soul-light be always desirable, as well as comfortable, yet soul-darkness may sometimes be useful; and this use it hath, as often as it comes, even to try how we can trust God in the dark; as also to let the world know that we are resolved through grace to keep close to the light of commandments, how long soever we are kept from, or are at a loss for the light of promises.

And as there is a great glory coming to God, in ordering light and darkness, as to the outward face of things; so there is a greater, as to the inward state of his people, their soul-state. And though the Lord doth not keep such a constant course in that, yet he observeth a rule in all the revolutions of it. We have sometimes light and sometimes darkness in our souls: Now the light of comfort increaseth towards us, and anon the night of sorrow darkeneth upon us. Our souls meet often with these turns and changes. Let us adore the wisdom, and submit to the holy will of God in all. For though soul-light be alwayes desirable, as well as comfortable, yet soul-darkness may sometimes be useful; and this use it hath, as often as it comes, even to try how we can trust God in the dark; as also to let the world know that we are resolved through grace to keep close to the light of commandements, how long soever we are kept from, or are at a loss for the light of promises.

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Lastly, We may consider from this Text, that as light hath its special houses or dwellings, so it hath a special way to its dwelling chalked out (as it were) and appointed by God. And is there not a way, a path, to spiritual, to eternal light? The way to these lights is Christ, He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 38, verse 19-21, p. 173. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

Year

1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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