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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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Hence Note.
First, The judgements of God are often either deferred, carried so closely, and secretly, that the wisest and holyest men cannot always discern or see them.
First, The judgements of God are often eyther deferred, carried so closely, and secretly, that the wisest and holyest men cannot alwayes discerne or see them.
The judgements of God are often deferred in this life, and they are very often concealed, though presently executed. That is not always true which Eliphaz asserted (Chap. 22.19.) The righteous see it and are glad, the innocent laugh them to scorn. The righteous sometimes see the judgements of God upon wicked men, & his care watching over themselves, but they do not always see either; for as a wicked man may do evil a hundred times, that is, very often, and go unpunished, as is intimated (Eccl. 8.12.) So a wicked man may be punished a hundred times, and yet not one of his punishments seen. Some judgements of God are great and sore, which yet fall not under the observation of the best, of the wisest, of the holiest in the world; They that know him, do not see his days; God (for terror and warning to others) doth judgement upon some openly (Deut. 7.9, 10.) Know therefore the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments to a thousand generations, and repayeth them that hate him, to their face to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. Here are two things in this Text concerning the judgements of God; That they shall come, first, suddenly; secondly, openly; they shall come suddenly, God will not be slack, they shall come openly, God will repay them to their face; as they sinned openly, so they shall be punished openly. Thus God repaid the Sodomites, he paid them to their face; so he repaid Pharaoh, and so the rebelling Jews; and he was not slack, (for as the Psalmist saith) while the meat was in their mouth, the wrath of God fell upon them. Thus 'tis sometimes: yet judgements are often deferred, and hidden. What the Apostle speaks (