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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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Sixthly, God is unchangeable, or of one mind in his gifts. (Rom. 11.29.) The gifts, and calling of God are without repentance; That is, The gifts of his effectual calling shall never be repented of; As they who receive them, will have no cause to repent (yea they will have cause to rejoice in them for ever) so God who gives them will not repent. He is in one mind, he will not alter his gifts. As Pilate when he was moved to alter his writing upon the Cross of Christ, answered, What I have written I have ⟨p. 424⟩written; that is, what I have written shall stand; so what motion soever should be made to God to recall the gifts of effectual calling, he would surely answer, What I have given I have given, my gift shall stand. There are gifts of a mere outward calling, which God takes away again. His gifts do not stand with such, because they stand still with his gifts. That was the doom of the idle servant who had one talent given him; Take the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten Talents (Math. 25.15.28.) But the gifts of effectual calling shall not be taken away. (Jam. 1.17.) Every good gift, and every perfect gift (such is the gift of effectual calling) is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. And as there is no variableness in God, as to the matter or general nature of the gifts which he bestoweth (they are all good and perfect gifts in their kind, though they are not all in the same degree of goodness and perfection; God doth not give his people, sometimes bread, and sometime a stone, now an egg and anon a scorpion, now, I say, as there is no variableness in God, as to the nature of the gifts which he bestoweth) so there is no variableness in him as to the act of giving or bestowing. As the Lord giveth liberally, and upbraideth not (Jam. 1.5.) so he giveth liberally and repenteth not. Thus we see he is not only one, but in one mind; He is unchangeable; And that not only in his essence and glorious attributes or perfections, but in his counsels, and decrees, in his promises, and threatenings, in his gifts and bounties to all his people; He giveth and repenteth not.