A81199:1292
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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Perseverance is our Crown. The Apostle (1 Cor. 15.58.) Exhorts to be steady and unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. We should be always moving in the work of the Lord, but never moving out of the work of the Lord: we should be as a rock in regard of steadfastness, and as fire in regard of activeness. The Author to the Hebrews (Chap. 10.23.) gives this admonition to believers, Let us hold fast the profession of our faith, without wavering, or without declining. There are some of whom we may say, they hold nothing, they hold no profession, they dare not make a profession lest they should be bound to stand to it, or they stand not to that which they have made; and as they hold no profession, so they hold no position, but as to the doctrine of faith are mere sceptics, they are always querying, but never concluding. The Apostle speaks of some (2 Tim. 3.7.) who are ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth; and there are others ever learning, but never willing to declare their knowledge of the truth; and they who hold nothing in doctrine, will not hold long in practice. Therefore saith the Apostle; Let us hold fast our profession, let us be steady in it, and that without wavering. And this is the great argument which the Apostle carries through that whole Epistle, to establish the Saints, that so they might hold fast, without wavering, and ⟨p. 394⟩declining in the profession of the faith. Let us take heed of either of those waverings and declineings, before explained. First, Let us not decline in the way, but keep up in the same degree of holiness and love to Christ. The Church of Ephesus is charged with this sort of declining; and therefore after Christ had given that Church a great and a deserved commendation (Rev. 2.2.) I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil, and hast tried them that say they are Apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars; yet Christ comes with a rebuking, nevertheless (at the 4th verse) I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love; that is, thou hast declined from, or abated in thy first heat of love. Ephesus did not totally forsake, nor cast off Christ out of her love; Ephesus did not choose other lovers, nor say, she would have no more to do with Christ: