A81199:1639
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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They not only act evil, but delight in evil, who take away any thing by violence, and feed thereon. Solomon speaks of some (Pro. 4.17.) Who eat the bread of wickedness (that is, bread (by which is meant all the necessaries of this life) gotten by wickedness) and they drink the wine of violence; that is, the wine which they have gained by violence, or suppose what they have violently gained be not wine, in specie, or that liquor which we call wine, yet they drink it as wine, like sweet and pleasant wine. This is a sign of a heart settled in sin, when the sinner eats his sin as bread, and drinks it as wine. What stomachs have they who can digest such hard-meats; and though now they seem to make a good digestion of it, yet unless they vomit up such morsels and draughts by true repentance, they will lye heavy upon their stomachs, and make them heart-sick to Eternity. The Prophet threatens (Isa. 3.14.) That the Lord will enter into judgement with the ancients of his people, and the Princes thereof, for (saith he) ye have eaten up the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses; that is, ye maintain your houses by that which is not yours, even by the spoils and vineyards of the poor. When Jezebel had got Naboth slain, she presently said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, and Ahab did so (1 Kings 21.15, 16.) But the Lord sent Elijah to him with this Message (ver. 19.) Hast thou killed and also taken possession? As if he had said, Art thou indeed so hardened in sin, that thou canst go down and please thy self in the use and possession of what thou hast gotten sinfully? how wicked art thou, who art so far from having thy ⟨p. 495⟩heart to smite thee with sorrow, for smiting a faithful subject of thine to death by thy Authority, that now thou canst delight thy self in eating up the vineyard of the dead man. Sometimes a godly man sins by inordinate desires after the creature, but 'tis very rare, that his stomach doth not turn before he comes to eat his sin. David (2 Sam. 23.16.) had a longing desire to the waters of Bethlehem, and upon the making known of his desire, three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and fetched him the water; but (ver. 16.) when the water was brought him his stomach turned, he would not drink because it was gotten by the hazard of three mens lives.