A81199:1056
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
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Hence observe; That true holiness and uprightness hath abundance of Confidence before God.
Hence observe; That true holines and uprightnes hath abundance of Confidence before God.
Adam having sinned, and the guilt of his sin being upon him, durst not come to the Seat, to the Throne of God: God came to him in the cool of the day to examine and question him about his sin, but he hid himself among the trees of the garden, he withdrew, not daring to abide him: and that's the state of all sinners, who have the guilt of sin upon them, they hide, they run from God, when once their Consciences are awakened. As sin in the act of it is a turning or departure from the holiness of God, so sin acted or sin in the guilt of it causeth not only a departure but a running and a hiding from the justice of God. Guilty sinners are so far from coming up to his Seat, that they cannot endure to come in his sight; a malefactor hath little mind to come before the Judge, or to the Bench where the Judge sitteth. Solomon saith (Prov. 20.8.) A king that sitteth in the Throne of Judgement, scattereth away all evil with his eyes. We may understand it thus, he scattereth evil actions, and evil persons, evil works and evil workers with his eyes; there's not an evil man willing to appear, or that dares to appear before him. They who are self-condemned, must needs be afraid that others will condemn them also. Magistrates sitting in Judgement are terrible to guilty malefactors. Or thus, He scattereth the evil with his eyes; that is, he makes evil men reveal and scatter their most secret evils, by his prying into them, and industrious Examination of them; that evil or ⟨p. 329⟩wicked practice which they had bound up in their hearts, and said, none shall know it, he scatters and discovers. Solomons proverb carries an experienced truth in it both ways. And we may argue from it, That if an earthly King or Magistrate, sitting on the Throne, scattereth all evil with his eyes, how much more doth God? neither any evil matter, nor any evil man can stand before him. And seeing the Lord discovers all the evil that is in the hearts and ways of men, what can give perfect boldness in coming to the Throne of God, but only an Interest in Jesus Christ, in whom the throne of God is become a Throne of grace to sinners? Were it only a Throne of Judgement and Justice, no flesh could stand before it, but being a Throne of grace, the worst of sinners, who wait for grace, may come near, and the nearer they come the welcomer they are.