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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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That the gifts of God even in temporal things are free and undeserved.
That the gifts of God even in temporall things are free and undeserved.
Not only are spiritual gifts and graces, together with eternal life undeserved, but even temporals, and the things of this life. The Lord gives them unto his enemies, to those that say to him, depart from us; and what do these deserve at his hands, but stripes and death? He gave Christ to us while we were most unworthy of him; when we were yet enemies Christ dyed for us; sinners do no more deserve bread then they deserve ⟨p. 175⟩Christ; we no more deserve the comforts of this life then eternal life; The one is of free Grace to the Elect, and the other is of bounty and goodness to the wicked.1 The old Egyptians (as some writers report them) were careful to confess the undeservedness of those outward favours, the plenty and abundance of corn and cattle, with which Egypt was stored; in testification whereof they every year brought into the Temple of their Idol Serapis a measure showing how high the river Nilus rose and overflowed its banks (for Egypt being a flat Country, is watered by the overflowings of Nilus) and by the rising of those waters they could (very probably) prognosticate the plenty or scarcity of the year ensuing. And they therefore took an exact account how many cubits high the river swelled, leaving it in the Temple of Serapis, thereby acknowledging (as some conceive) that their Idol God was the bestower of all that plenty, or (as Eliphaz here speaks) that he had filled their houses with Good things.
Not onely are spirituall gifts and graces, together with eternall life undeserved, but even temporalls, and the things of this life. The Lord gives them unto his enemies, to those that say to him, depart from us; and what doe these deserve at his hands, but stripes and death? He gave Christ to us while we were most unworthy of him; when we were yet enemies Christ dyed for us; sinners doe no more deserve bread then they deserve