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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:135p. 36

But it may be said, whose wickedness is not great? or is any sin little? Why then doth Eliphaz fasten this upon Job, Is not thy wickedness great?

But it may be said, whose wickednesse is not great? or is any sinne little? Why then doth Eliphaz fasten this upon Job, Is not thy wickednesse great?

:136p. 36

I answer, first, that it is unbecoming any man, to say his fins are little; we should not little, or lessen our sins, or have low thoughts of them; as we ought not to have low thoughts of any of the mercies of God, but to think them all great to us, yea too great for us; so we should not have light thoughts of any of our sins, but judge the least of them great, and the lightest of them heavy; yea even too great and too heavy for us to bear. Nor doth any thing more greaten a mans sin, then his opinion that it is little.

I answer, first, that it is unbecoming any man, to say his finnes are little; we should not little, or lessen our sinnes, or have low thoughts of them; as wee ought not to have low thoughts of any of the mercies of God, but to thinke them all great to us, yea too great for us; so we should not have light thoughts of any of our sinnes, but judge the least of them great, and the lightest of them heavy; yea even too great and too heavy for us to beare. Nor doth any thing more greaten a mans sinne, then his opinion that it is little.

:137p. 36–37

Secondly, I answer, that indeed no sin is little; in the least sin that ever was committed, there is a greatness, as committed against the great God, as it is a breach of the Law, and an abuse of the love of the Great God. Nevertheless, though every sin, thus considered, is great, yet comparatively some sins are but little, and sins being weighed one ⟨p. 37⟩

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