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…

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Author: Joseph Caryl

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.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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Fourthly, We are strengthened, or God puts strength into us for the resisting and conquering of the temptations of Satan; we meet with many assaults from the devil, and from the world, who are confederate with our lusts. These we must resist steadfast in the faith; and that not only in the faith as the faith imports soundness of doctrine or divine truth, but as The faith imports dependence upon Christ for strength and assistance. Peter, being a chief, a grandee in the train of Christ, or among the Disciples of Christ, was Satan's eye-sore, and the fairer mark for his fiery darts; Satan's fingers itched to be doing with him, he (saith our Saviour) desired to have him that he might sift him as wheat (Luk. 22.31.) that is, to sift him throughly, not to fetch out his chaff from him, but indeed to make him chaff. How was Peter upheld? I have prayed for thee (saith Christ) that thy faith fail not; that is, I have prayed that God would put strength into thee, that thy faith fail not; if once faith fail we are overcome. But is faith our strength? No; but faith goes to and takes hold of him who is our strength, or who puts strength into us that we fall not in temptation. But you will say, Peter fell, and he fell grievously, his fall was great; he denied his Master. 'Tis true, Peter fell, but he did not fall away, his faith did not fail, that is, it was not totally lost, and therefore when Christ looked upon him, and by that look renewed his strength, he gat up again: even when he denied Christ there was a seed of faith remaining in him, though like a tree in the winter, his fruit was gone, yea and his leaves too, and he looked dead and withered, yet there was sap in the root; his faith failed not; whence was this? he had an invisible supply of strength from God; I have prayed (saith Christ) that thy faith fail not. The prayer of Christ failed not, and therefore his faith did not; Christ prayed that he might have strength by believing, and though he had not so much faith as to preserve him standing, yet he had so much faith as to raise him from his fall. And what Christ prayed for Peter, he prayed for all that should believe on his name, that in all their resistings of, and contendings with temptation, their faith also may not fail.

Fourthly, We are strengthened, or God puts strength into us for the resisting and conquering of the temptations of Satan; we meet with many assaults from the devill, and from the world, who are confederate with our lusts. These we must resist stedfast in the faith; and that not onely in the faith as the faith imports soundnes of doctrine or divine truth, but as The faith imports dependance upon Christ for strength and assistance. Peter, being a cheife, a grandee in the traine of Christ, or among the Disciples of Christ, was Satans eye-sore, and the fayrer marke for his fiery darts; Satans fingers itcht to be doing with him, he (saith our Saviour) desired to have him that he might sift him as wheat (

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