A81199:1288
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
He adds, And not declined.
He addes, And not declined.
1The word signifies, to be unsteady, or to move every way; As if he had said, I have kept his ways steadfastly and unmoveably. Job ⟨p. 393⟩speaks both in the affirmative, I have kept, and in the negative, I have not declined. Some keep the ways of God a while, but they keep not on, much less do they keep up in keeping them. There is a twofold declining. First, a declining from the way of God to evil and sinful ways; and these are of two sorts, first, erroneous opinions; secondly, wicked practices; secondly, there is a declining in the way of God, when though we keep the good way, yet we are not so good in the way as we were, but slack our pace & cool in our zeal to the good ways of God. We may expound Jobs negative in reference to both these; as if he had said, I have neither gone out of the way of God, nor have I been slothful in it. 'Tis the highest commendation of man, thus to keep the way of God, and not decline.
1The word signifies, to be unsteady, or to move every way; As if he had said, I have kept his wayes stedfastly and unmoveably. Job ⟨p. 393⟩speakes both in the affirmative, I have kept, and in the negative, I have not declined. Some keepe the wayes of God a while, but they keepe not on, much lesse doe they keepe up in keeping them. There is a twofold declining. First, a declining from the way of God to evill and sinfull wayes; and these are of two sorts, first, erroneous opinions; secondly, wicked practices; secondly, there is a declining in the way of God, when though we keepe the good way, yet we are not so good in the way as we were, but slacke our pace & coole in our zeale to the good wayes of God. We may expound Jobs negative in reference to both these; as if he had sayd, I have neither gone out of the way of God, nor have I been sloathfull in it. 'Tis the highest commendation of man, thus to keepe the way of God, and not decline.