A81199:1305
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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Now seeing the Godly are so many ways endangered to declining, let us be warned of it, and beware of it. These are declining times, many professors have shamed themselves, and the profession of the Gospel. He is a Christian indeed that can say in truth as Job did, I have kept his words and not declined; they that knew me many years ago may find me in as good, yea in a better plight then I was then. Hypocrites & true believers may look & act very like one another, but as the nature of their estates have always a vast difference to the understanding, so the event gives a vast difference between them to the eye. Hypocrites keep the word of God a while, but they ever decline in the end finally from it, and sometimes throw it off in the way totally. When they are in the way they grow weary of it, & a small matter working either upon their hopes or fears, will put them quite out of it. Every difficulty, every danger is to them a Lion in the way, causing them to decline from it; whereas to those that are sincere, difficulties are not stops, but incitements and spurs, they do but provoke their zeal, they cannot quench it. And hence the holy Apostle sends a challenge (Rom. 8.35.) to all the troubles, afflictions, and evils in the world: he bids them do their worst, and when they have done it, they shall not be able to separate him from the love of God, neither from the love wherewith Go• •oved him, or from that love wherewith he loved God.
Now seing the Godly are so many wayes endangered to declining, let us be warned of it, and beware of it. These are declining times, many professors have shamed themselves, and the profession of the Gospel. He is a Christian indeed that can say in truth as Job did, I have kept his words and not declined; they that knew me many yeares agoe may finde me in as good, yea in a better plight then I was then. Hypocrites & true beleevers may look & act very like one another, but as the nature of their estates have alwayes a vast difference to the understanding, so the event gives a vast difference between them to the eye. Hypocrites keep the word of God a while, but they ever decline in the end finally from it, and sometims throw it off in the way totally. When they are in the way they grow weary of it, & a smal matter working either upon their hopes or fears, will put them quite out of it. Every difficulty, every danger is to them a Lion in the way, causing them to decline from it; wheras to those that are sincere, difficulties are not stops, but incitements and spurres, they doe but provoke their zeale, they cannot quench it. And hence the holy Apostle sends a challenge (