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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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You will say then, how may or do the righteous rejoice when the ungodly fall, and not fall into sin themselves.
You will say then, how may or doe the righteous rejoyce when the ungodly fall, and not fall into sin themselves.
I answer, First, The righteous rejoice at the fall of the wicked, as blessing God who hath kept their feet from those ways in which the wicked have fallen; As 'tis a great mercy to be kept out of those ill ways, to be kept from siding with those corrupt interests, in the pursuit of which we see many broken; so 'tis a duty to rejoice that we have not walked in their way whose end we see to be nothing else but destruction.
I answer, First, The righteous rejoyce at the fall of the wicked, as blessing God who hath kept their feete from those wayes in which the wicked have fallen; As 'tis a great mercy to be kept out of those ill wayes, to be kept from fiding with those corrupt interests, in the pursuit of which we see many broken; so 'tis a duty to rejoyce that we have not walked in their way whose end we see to be nothing els but destruction.
Secondly, The righteous have cause to rejoice & bless God when they see the wicked fall, because themselves are saved, & keep their standing; because themselves have escaped the danger, and the Lord hath been a banner of protection over them in the day when the wicked fell. Moses after the destruction of Amaleck built an Altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-Nissi (Exod. 17.15.) that is to say, The Lord is my banner. And in like cases the joy of the Saints is not properly in the destruction of the wicked, but in their own deliverance, through the mighty power & good hand of God with them. It is the presence of God with them, the appearance of God for them, which is the gladness of their hearts.