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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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Here it may be questioned, how a good man, an innocent person, can do such a thing; can he thus laugh the wicked to scorn? it is difficult enough to salve it as consistent with Grace, for a righteous man to rejoice at the fall of the wicked, but it is far more difficult to salve it, how a righteous man may laugh them to scorn; scorning and deriding are the practices of lewd persons, of sons of Belial; such indeed are usually scorners and jeerers. The enemies of Jesus Christ are so described (Psal. 22.7.) All they that see me (that is, all the wicked that see me, for many Disciples saw Christ in his sufferings, and did not only pity him, but honour and believe on him, but (saith he) all they (who are mine enemies) that see me) laugh me to scorn, they shoot out the lip, and shake the head. And David tells us (Psal. 1.1.) that to fit in the seat of the scornful, is the conclusion of those who have first walked in the way of the ungodly, and secondly, stood in the way of sinners. The common Latin translator renders that in the Psalm, not the seat of scorners, but the seat of the pestilence. And indeed they have spiritual plague-spots upon them, and the surest tokens of eternal death, who are given up to be scorners. Therefore question it again, how are the Innocent scorners?
Here it may be questioned, how a good man, an innocent person, can doe such a thing; can he thus laugh the wicked to scorne? it is difficult enough to salve it as consistent with Grace, for a righteous man to rejoyce at the fall of the wicked, but it is farre more difficult to salve it, how a righteous man may laugh them to scorne; scorning and deriding are the practices of lewd persons, of sons of Beliall; such indeed are usually scorners and jeerers. The enemies of Jesus Christ are so described (Psal. 22.7.) All they that see me (that is, all the wicked that see me, for many Disciples saw Christ in his sufferings, and did not onely pity him, but honour and beleeve on him, but (saith he) all they (who are mine enemies) that see me) laugh me to scorne, they shoot out the lip, and shake the head. And David tells us (Psal. 1.1.) that to fit in the seate of the scornefull, is the conclusion of those who have first walked in the way of the ungodly, and secondly, stood in the way of sinners. The common Latine translater renders that in the Psalme, not the seate of scorners, but the seate of the pestilence. And indeed they have spirituall plague-spots upon them, and the surest tokens of eternall death, who are given up to be scorners. Therefore question it againe, how are the Innocent scorners?