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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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When we (as it were) make a Journey to God, having nothing to do with him, but to visit him and to desire further communion with him, nothing to do with him but to behold his excellency and his glory, nothing to do with him, but to tell him what our hearts are towards him, how we love him, how we depend upon him, how we desire to please him, and to commit our ways to him, to acquaint God with those things which only concern our holy walking with him, this is to seek pure acquaintance with him. The Lord saith of Abraham his acquaintant or friend (Gen. 18.17.) Shall I hide from Abraham the thing that I am about to do? I should not deal with him as with my friend, if I did so. A friend who is as our own soul (Deut. 13.6.) should know all that is in our souls. Now as God (whether we will or no) is acquainted with all that is in our souls; So a soul acquainted with God, will let him know all; shall I hide from God the thing that I am about to do? shall I not tell him how it is with me? To acquaint our selves thus with God is a sweet and precious duty. Much might be said about it; I shall only add these two things; First, That all our acquaintance with God must be had through the mediator; There is no getting near the Father but by the Son. Secondly, That the more we are acquainted with God, the more we are transformed into his likeness. Some ⟨p. 212⟩have altered the habit of their bodies, yea, the dispositions of their minds by long acquaintance with others; and have looked or appeared like them, by often looking upon or being with them. When Moses had been forty days in the Mount talking with God, his face shone, some rays of a divine glory darted out from him, so that Aaron and the children of Israel were afraid to come nigh him (Exod. 34.30.) And thus every one who gets up into the Mount by faith, and acquaints himself with God, gets somewhat of God, which will draw a reverence upon him among men. As when Christ shall appear hereafter to us in glory, we shall be like him (saith the Apostle John 1 Ep: 3.2.) for we shall see him as he is; so according to the sight which we have of and our acquaintance with Christ in the ways of grace here, will our likeness be unto him. The more we are with God, the more we have of God. Acquaint now thy self with him, and be at peace.