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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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As faith is one principal piece of our spiritual armour whereby we overcome temptation, so it fetches in that which is the whole of the whole Armour of God, even the strength of God. When the Apostle exhorts Saints (Eph. 6.11.) To put on the whole armour of God; He premises ⟨p. 350⟩another most needful exhortation, or exhorts them first (v. 10.) to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; implying, that it is not any one piece, no nor the whole armour of God abstractly or precisely taken, which is our strength, but that the God of this Armour is our strength in the spiritual combat. Though our loins were girt about with truth, and we have on the breast-plate of righteousness, though our feet were shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace, and we have the shield of faith in our hand; though we should take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God, yet, if thus arrayed, it were possible for us to neglect or forget the God of the Word, it were not possible for us to conquer, the footmen, lesser, much less the horsemen, Greater, least of all, The Chariots of iron, the greatest temptations of the Prince of darkness. As no carnal weapon hath any thing at all to do, so no spiritual weapon can do any thing at all in this war without the strength of God; or rather (to conclude this point) all these spiritual weapons and Armour are nothing else but the strength of God, or the various puttings forth of the strength of God in weak man.
As faith is one principall piece of our spirituall armour whereby we overcome temptation, so it fetches in that which is the whole of the whole Armour of God, even the strength of God. When the Apostle exhorts Saints (Eph. 6.11.) To put on the whole armour of God; He premises ⟨p. 350⟩another most needfull exhortation, or exhorts them first (v. 10.) to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; implying, that it is not any one piece, no nor the whole armour of God abstractly or precisely taken, which is our strength, but that the God of this Armour is our strength in the spirituall combate. Though our loynes were girt about with truth, and we have on the breast-plate of righteousnesse, though our feete were shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace, and we have the shield of faith in our hand; though we should take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God, yet, if thus arrayed, it were possible for us to neglect or forget the God of the Word, it were not possible for us to conquer, the footmen, lesser, much lesse the horsemen, Greater, least of all, The Charets of iron, the greatest temptations of the Prince of darknes. As no carnal weapon hath any thing at all to doe, so no spirituall weapon can doe any thing at all in this warre without the strength of God; or rather (to conclude this poynt) all these spirituall weapons and Armour are nothing else but the strength of God, or the various puttings forth of the strength of God in weake man.