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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:146p. 39

Sixthly, The greatening of a sin is from the repeating of it after it hath been repented of. To fall into any sin out of which we have risen, makes our fall the more grievous; when a sinner licks up his own vomit, when he builds again the things which he had destroyed, he makes himself a transgressor indeed. They who repent not cannot expect mercy, what remains then for them but a certain fearful expectation of Judgement, who repent of their repentings?

Sixtly, The greatening of a sinne is from the repeating of it after it hath been repented of. To fall into any sinne out of which we have risen, makes our fall the more grievous; when a sinner lickes up his owne vomit, when he builds againe the things which he had destroyed, he makes himselfe a transgressor indeed. They who repent not cannot expect mercy, what remaines then for them but a certain fearefull expectation of Judgement, who repent of their repentings?

:147p. 39–40

Seventhly, Sin is greatly increased when acted with deliberation; to be hurried into a sin though great, is not so great as to do a less evil consultively, or to advise upon it and do it; some sin for want of advice, many sin against advice, and not a few sin with advice, that is, advisedly. Tis hard to find out a way to give them comfort, who sin with counsel. They who are wise to do evil, or who do evil as a piece of their wisdom (such every deliberate action is esteemed to ⟨p. 40⟩be) will be found the greatest fools. All sin is folly, but those sins have most of the fool in them, which we think, we do wisely. In all these cases, we may well say to any man, as Eliphaz here to Job; Is not thy wickedness great?

Seventhly, Sin is greatly encreased when acted with deliberation; to be hurried into a sinne though great, is not so great as to doe a lesse evill consultively, or to advise upon it and doe it; some sinne for want of advice, many sinne against advice, and not a few sin with advice, that is, advisedly. Tis hard to finde out a way to give them comfort, who sinne with counsell. They who are wise to doe evill, or who doe evill as a piece of their wisdome (such every deliberate action is esteemed to

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