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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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There is another Parable in this Gospel of Luke that seems to be somewhat opposite to this (Chap. 12. v. 36, 37.) And ye your selves be like unto men that wait for their Lord when he will return from the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom when the Lord cometh, he shall find so watching, that is, at their work. Watching is not meant here of a bare waking, or not being asleep, for a man may watch, in that sense, and yet be as bad as a sleeper: To be found awake, and yet idle, to be found awake yet doing nothing, is as blameable as to be found asleep: So that to be found watching, is to be found intent upon, and labouring in the work of the Lord. Blessed be those servants whom when their Lord cometh he shall find so watching) what will he do? Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth to serve them. In the 17th Chap. Christ saith; If a servant have been hard at work in the service of his Lord, even as a man that is come from Plough, or from feeding his Cattle, yet his Master doth not say to him, sit down to meat, but first bids him gird him self and serve him, and afterward go to meat. But here 'tis said, the Lord presently ⟨p. 6⟩girds himself, and makes his servants sit down to meat, and will come and serve them: so that here he speaks, as if the Lord were much beholding to these servants, whereas before he speaks of them as unprofitable servants, to whom he was not at all beholding.
There is another Parable in this Gospel of Luke that seems to be somewhat opposite to this (Chap. 12. v. 36, 37.) And ye your selves be like unto men that waite for their Lord when he will return from the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants, w•om when the Lord cometh, he shall finde so watching, that is, at their worke. Watching is not meant here of a bare waking, or not being asleep, for a man may watch, in that sense, and yet be as bad as a sleeper: To be found awake, and yet idle, to be found awake yet doing nothing, is as blameable as to be found asleep: So that to be found watching, is to be found intent upon, and labouring in the work of the Lord. Blessed be those servants whom when their Lord cometh he shall find so watching) what wil he do? Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himselfe, and make them to sit down to meate, and will come forth to serve them. In the 17th Chap. Christ saith; If a servant have been hard at worke in the service of his Lord, even as a man that is come from Plow, or from feeding his Cattell, yet his Master doth not say to him, sit downe to meate, but first bids him gird him self and serve him, and afterward goe to meat. But here 'tis said, the Lord presently