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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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Vers. 19. The righteous see it, and are glad.
Who the righteous man is, and what denominates a man righteous, hath been showed before. The righteous see it; what do they see? That which they believed & looked for; the fall of wicked men. This act of seeing may be referred either to the person seeing, or to the object seen: as 'tis referred to the person of the righteous; so seeing notes both their privilege and their pleasure. They are admitted to see this spectacle of divine Justice, and it is their happiness to see it. This David intimates (Psal. 37.34.) Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the Land, when the wicked are cut off thou shalt see it. The righteous shall be honoured with this fight, yea and pleased with it, the cutting off of wicked men by the hand of God. The righteous man hath a promise to see this (and promises are the conveyances of mercies (Psal. 91.8.) A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee, only with thine eyes shalt ⟨p. 181⟩thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Thou shalt be a spectator, not a partaker in that calamity. Wicked men sometimes glut their eyes with beholding the troubles of the Saints, and they account it a happy day, when they can have such a sight. They sign that day with a white stone, when the black stone of the most unjust and cruel condemnation proves the present lot of the righteous. David discovered such a spirit in his enemies (Psal. 35.21.) They opened their mouth wide against me, and said, aha, aha, our eyes have seen it. What had they seen? The former verse tells us; They speak not peace, but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the Land. When these devises took, and had success, then they were pleased, then they had what they would, and saw what they desired. And thus the enemies of the Church are described (Mi: 4.11.) Now also many Nations are gathered against thee, and say, let her be defiled (there is a twofold defiling, a defiling with sin, and a defiling with blood and misery, the latter is meant by the Prophet, let her be defiled) and let our eyes look upon Zion. They counted it a blessed sight to see Zion bleed; The wicked would have such sights often, though usually their eyes fail with waiting, and their hope is as the giving up of the Ghost;