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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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First, That our hearts, and our eyes should be lifted upwards; the whole currunt of Scripture speaks of God as above in heaven. And that's the reason why the Apostle (Col. 3.1.) exhorts, Set you affections on things above, and not on things here below; And as on things above, so most of all upon God who is above.1 The old word was, Lift up your hearts; and David saith in prayer, (Psal. 25.1.) I lift up my soul to thee. And again, (Psal. 123.1.) Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Yea our Lord Jesus Christ himself when he prayed (Joh. 17.1.) Lift up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father the hour is come, glorify thy Son, &c. The eye lift up to heaven is a sign of the heart lift up to heaven, and that corporeal visible action, serves to fix our most spiritual affections upon the invisible God. 'Tis indeed an easy thing to lift the eyes up to heaven, but it is very hard, yea impossible, without a divine assistance to lift up the heart to heaven; the heart of a profane worldling muds so much in the earth, that he seldom lifts up so much as his eyes to heaven; and how much or how often soever a hypocrite lifts up his eyes to heaven, yet still his heart muds in the earth. The eye looks upward naturally, but if ever the heart look upward, 'tis a work of Grace.
First, That our hearts, and our eyes should be lifted upwards; the whole currunt of Scripture speaks of God as above in heaven. And that's the reason why the Apostle (Col. 3.1.) exhorts, Sett you affections on things above, and not on things here below; And as on things above, so most of all upon God who is above.1 The old word was, Lift up your hearts; and David sayth in prayer, (Psal. 25.1.) I lift up my soule to thee. And againe, (