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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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Whence note; First, That they who have power, may easily, though not always justly, be suspected for the abuse of it.
Whence note; First, That they who have power, may easily, though not alwayes justly, be suspected for the abuse of it.
To have a power in our hands whereby we may do good, is a temptation to do evil. 'Tis hard to keep power within its bounds, and to rule that, by which others are ruled. The Prophet (Isa. 1.10.) calls the rulers of Zion, rulers of Sodom, because they ruled like them, or rather worse then they, eating up the people, under their charge, rather then feeding them, and vexing those whom they undertook to govern, and to be a Shield unto against the vexations of others.
To have a power in our hands whereby we may doe good, is a temptation to doe evill. 'Tis hard to keepe power within its bounds, and to rule that, by which others are ruled. The Prophet (Isa. 1.10.) calls the rulers of Sion, rulers of Sodome, because they ruled like them, or rather worse then they, eating up the people, under their charge, rather then feeding them, and vexing those whom they undertooke to governe, and to be a Shield unto against the vexations of others.
Secondly, Note; That as oppression is a sin in any man, so it is most sinful in those who have power in their hands to relieve the oppressed.
Secondly, Note; That as oppression is a sinne in any man, so it is most sinfull in those who have power in their hands to releeve the oppressed.