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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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God hath every where and every when left the tract and print of his anger and displeasure upon sinners; though some particular sinners, have gone unpunished in some age, yet there was never any age wherein sin was not punished in some. The Lord gives a moral stop to sin perpetually, that is, by his Laws he declares against it, his word is express against all ungodliness, both the word of his Command, and the word of his threatening. Now as the Lord doth always put this moral stop in the way of sin, so, he often puts a Judiciary stop, or a stop by way of Judgement. And as in the 3d of Genesis, he set a flaming sword in the way of the tree of life, so he continually sets a flaming word, that is, a threatening to keep the way of the tree of death, that is, of sin. Thus he always meets sinful men in the way of their lusts (as the Angel met Balaam when he went to curse the Israel of ⟨p. 140⟩God) with a drawn sword to stop them in their way; the Lord hath set many drawn swords in the way of every sin; and he hath left the prints of his wrath upon the backs of many sinners, that we should take heed of sinning. The Lord hath left many sad examples upon record against sin, nor hath he at any time favoured it, or done any thing which might indeed encourage sinners; for though sometimes wicked men have prospered, yet, should we look into all times, we cannot find that wicked men were ever blessed; Judgement hath overtaken them sooner or later. And if it hath at any time come too late to overtake them in this world, yet it will come soon enough to overtake theirs in this, or themselves in the world which is to come. No man is blessed, at any time, who comes at last to be miserable.
God hath every where and every when left the tract and print of his anger and displeasure upon sinners; though some particular sinners, have gone unpunished in some age, yet there was never any age wherein sinne was not punished in some. The Lord gives a morall stopp to sinne perpetually, that is, by his Lawes he declares against it, his word is expresse against all ungodlynes, both the word of his Command, and the word of his threatning. Now as the Lord doth alwayes put this morall stopp in the way of sinne, so, he often puts a Judiciary stopp, or a stop by way of Judgement. And as in the 3d of Genesis, he set a flaming sword in the way of the tree of life, so he continually sets a flaming word, that is, a threatning to keepe the way of the tree of death, that is, of sinne. Thus he alwayes meetes sinfull men in the way of their lusts (as the Angel met Balaam when he went to curse the Israel of