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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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From the General scope of Eliphaz in the 13th and 14th verses, Observe; First, Carnal men frame conceptions of God like themselves.
From the Generall scope of Eliphaz in the 13th and 14th verses, Observe; First, Carnal men frame conceptions of God like themselves.
Thus the hypocrite is described (Psal. 50.21.) Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thy self. Not that he thought God was a man, but that God had such thoughts of good and evil, as man hath. As if what is right in mans eyes, were so in the eyes of God also; or as if what did not displease man, were pleasing, or not much displeasing unto God. When the Lord saith (Isaiah 55.8.) My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways; he doth plainly intimate, that they did begin to frame thoughts of God like their own: but saith God, as the heavens are higher then the earth, so are my thoughts then your thoughts, and my ways then your ways; That is, as my thoughts have a vastness in them to all things beyond yours, so especially in this thing, the performance of my promise for the pardon of sin. O how unlike is God to man in this? God is not more unlike man in his absolute freedom from the least inclination to commit any the least sin, then he is in the admirable freeness of his inclination to pardon any even the greatest sin. Men are commonly not only unmerciful to those who wrong them, but revengeful, and when once offended are hardly drawn to a reconcilement, and seldom so fully reconciled, but that somewhat of offence stayeth behind. But the thoughts of God are not so. He is slow to wrath, and ready to forgive. He quickly pardons the offence, and receives the offender into favour; no more retaining the memory of his offence (as to his hurt) then if he had ⟨p. 128⟩never offended. Thus the Lord would assure sinners, that his thoughts in pardoning sin are not as theirs. And it is but need he should do so; For when sinners begin to be awakened, they frame such thoughts of God, as to pardon of sin, as they have in themselves: when they look upon their sins as too big to be pardoned by man, they conclude presently the Lord cannot or will not pardon them. And as many under temptation, frame thoughts of God like their own about the pardon of sin; so it is the constant course of wicked men (which is indeed the worst of their sins) to frame thoughts of God like unto themselves, while they commit and continue in sin.