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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 wicked men sin advisedly, or that many of their sinful ways, are studied ways.
First, That wicked men sinne advisedly, or that many of their sinfull wayes, are studied wayes.
And as the more studied they are, the more sinful they are; so they study most for those which are most sinful. They are not hurried into sin by passions or thrust on upon sin merely by the violence of temptation; they sit down and go to counsel how they may compass their ungodly pu• poses. A godly man doth not consent unto sin, much less doth he consult about it; The evil which I do I allow not; I (faith the Apostle) consent to the law of God that it is good (Rom. 7.) A godly man sins daily, but sin hath not his consent, or allowance when he hath done it, much less doth he consult or advise how to do it. Sin doth not please him consequently, much less doth he project it antecedently. 'Tis the character of a wicked man, that his sin is his counsel, and that his art is in it as much as his nature; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
And as the more studied they are, the more sinfull they are; so they study most for those which are most sinfull. They are not hurried into sinne by passions or thrust on upon sinne meerely by the violence of temptation; they sit downe and goe to counsell how they may compasse their ungodly pu• poses. A godly man doth not consent unto sinne, much lesse doth he consult about it; The ev•ll which I doe I allow not; I (faith the Apostle) consent to the law of God that it is good (Rom. 7.) A godly man sins dayly, but sin hath not his consent, or allowance when he hath done it, much lesse doth he consult or advise how to doe it. Sin doth not please him consequently, much lesse doth he project it antecedently. 'Tis the character of a wicked man, that his sinne is his counsel, and that his art is in it as much as his nature; The counsell of the wicked is farre from me.