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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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Fear ye not me, saith the Lord, will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the Sea by a perpetual decree that it cannot pass it, and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail, and though they roar, yet can they not pass over it; but this people hath a revolting ⟨p. 45⟩and rebellious heart, they are revolted and gone. The words, as I conceive, have these two things in them; first, that the Lord is to be feared who doth such things, who sets bounds to the Sea, &c. Secondly, that the wickedness of mans heart is admirable, or rather that we are to be astonished at the wickedness of mans heart, which is more boisterous and disobedient, then the raging waves of the Sea. The Lord sets bounds to the waves of the Sea, which waves in their own nature are altogether boundless; liquid waves have no bounds of their own, yet the Lord having put bounds to them, they are kept in bounds; The sand bounds the Sea, so that though the waves thereof toss, they cannot prevail, though they roar they cannot pass over; but this people have revolted, and are gone; As if he had said, I the Lord have put a bound to the Sea, I have also set a bound to the wickedness of mans heart; what is that? my Word, my Law. The Law of God is a moral bound to stop and keep in compass the raging waves of mans corruption. God doth not always put an external bound by sword and judgement to stop men whether they will or no from sin, but he always puts a moral bound to stop them; this is supposed in the Text, I put a bound to the Sea, to the Sea also of mans heart, to the wickedness that is there, but this people are revolted and gone, they have broken all my bounds, even that perpetual decree of my righteous Law. Now as when the Sea breaks its bounds, the waters flow infinitely, there is no stopping them; so when the heart of man breaks bounds, revolts and is gone, he sins infinitely, he makes no end of sinning. By these Scriptures we may understand in what sense the iniquities of wicked men may be said to be infinite; though nothing is infinite in a strict and proper sense, but God himself.
Feare ye not me, sayth the Lord, will yee not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the Sea by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waves thereof tosse themselves, yet can they not prevaile, and though they roare, yet can they not passe over it; but this people hath a revolting ⟨p. 45⟩