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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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All the ways of God are to be marked; as we are to observe what the Lord speaks, so what he doth; his works as well as his word, are remarkable. Who so is wise (saith the Psalmist, Psal. 107.43.) and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord. I may say also, that they shall understand the judgements of the Lord. And again, the Prophet confirms it (Hos. 14.9.) Who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the Just shall walk in them, but the transgressors shall fall therein. The wicked fall in the way of his commandments, and therefore surely they shall fall in the way of his judgements. And as the Lord hath given us Examples of this, so he hath given this as the use of those Examples that we should mark and observe them. The Apostle (1 Cor. 10.) shows that all the dealings of God with that his ancient People the Jews, are written and recorded as our Examples (ver. 5, 6, 7.) With many of them God was not well pleased, but they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our Examples, to the Intent that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted, neither be Idolaters, as some of them were, nor fornicators, ⟨p. 141⟩nor tempt Christ, nor murmur, &c. He shuts up all with the same doctrine (ver. 11.) Now all these things happened unto them for Ensamples, and are written for our admonition, upon whom the Ends of the Earth are come, therefore let him that standeth take heed least he fall. The Apostle Peter also (2 Pet. 2.) brings in; first, the instance of the Angels that fell; secondly, of the old world; thirdly, of Sodom and Gomorrah, Whom God condemned with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly. The Scripture speaks of two sorts of Ensamples. First, for imitation; secondly, for caution; The lapsed Angels, the old world, these Cities Sodom and Gomorrah, are all left as Ensamples for caution, that all after ages marking the old way of their sin and punishment, might fear to sin and suffer as they have done.