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…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
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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Fifthly, As God hides what himself doth, so he hides from us what he would have us do, he hides his own will from us in some things; we have indeed his Letters Patents, his proclaimed laws before us in all things needful to salvation; but there are some things which concern particular actings in our lives, wherein a godly man may be very ignorant of the will of God, & much ⟨p. 370⟩puzzled in his Spirit what to do, whether this or that be the course which God would have him take. God hides himself from us in the hidings of his will from us. For as when the Apostle saith (Ephes. 4.20.) Ye have not so learned Christ, we are not to understand Christ personally, but Christ according to the Revelation of himself in the Gospel, Christ there is the will or mind of Christ; so when God hideth himself from or doth not discover himself to us, the meaning may be this; he doth not discover his mind and will to us, what he would have us do, as to our particular case and condition. God keeps some long in suspense, long in the dark about this point; so that they often cry out with that good King in his dangerous strait, We know not what to do, but our eyes are towards thee. (2 Chron. 20.12.) Many a man is in as great a strait what to do in regard of the darkness of his condition, as Jehoshaphat was, in regard of the dangerousness of it.

Fifthly, As God hides what himselfe doth, so he hides from us what he would have us doe, he hides his owne will from us in some things; we have indeed his Letters Patents, his proclaimed lawes before us in all things needfull to salvation; but there are some things which concerne particular actings in our lives, wherein a godly man may be very ignorant of the will of God, & much ⟨p. 370⟩puzzled in his Spirit what to doe, whether this or that be the course which God would have him take. God hides himselfe from us in the hidings of his will from us. For as when the Apostle saith (Ephes. 4.20.) Yee have not so learned Christ, wee are not to understand Christ personally, but Christ according to the Revelation of himselfe in the Gospel, Christ there is the will or minde of Christ; so when God hideth himselfe from or doth not discover himselfe to us, the meaning may be this; hee doth not discover his minde and will to us, what he would have us doe, as to our particular case and condition. God keepes some long in suspence, long in the darke about this poynt; so that they often cry out with that good King in his dangerous strait, We know not what to doe, but our eyes are towards thee. (

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