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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 24-27
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Our inward good fruits (which are indeed our choicest and most spiritual good fruits) are of three sorts.
First, Good Thoughts. To do good is best for others; but to think good, or to have many good thoughts, is the best proof, that we our selves are good. Solomon saith (Prov. 12.12.) The root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. The root of a righteous man is his heart, and the first-fruits of a good heart are good thoughts. He is a precious person, and hath a precious heart, that can say as holy David did (Psal. 139.17.) How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God, how great is the sum of them! That is, the thoughts which I have of thee O God, are exceeding precious unto me; and I have many, very many of them, more than I am able to sum or reckon up.
Secondly, Good affections are good inward fruits, such are godly sorrow, joy in God, love to God, longing after God (Psal. 27.4. Psal. 42.1, 2. Isa. 26.9.) hatred of evil; all these movings of the heart, are good and precious fruits.