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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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If we by repentance pull down the strong holds of sin, if we forsake and lay wast our lusts, the Lord will build us up, he will build us up with all manner of blessings; repentance is fruitful; There are many who profess they repent, but they do not bring forth fruits meet for repentance; but as true repentance is accompanied with our fruits of holiness and obedience towards God, so with Gods fruits, the fruits of his love and mercy towards us. Ther• is a kind of repentance in hell, there's weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, but that's a fruitless repentance, as well as a faithless repentance; the damned are under chains of everlasting darkness. Unsound repentance, or the repentance of hypocrites in this life, is like the repentance of the damned in the next life, but true repentance is fruitful. If we as the Baptist exhorted the Jews (Math. 3.) Bring forth fruit meet for repentance, our repentance will bring forth fruit meet for us; we shall have good things of all sorts, if we sorrow (as the Apostle saith the Corinthians did) after a godly sort; godly sorrow is rewarded with joy; if we humble our selves, God will lift us up. The sorrows of Gospel repentance, are like the sorrows of a woman in travail, who (as Christ speaks Joh. 16.21.) straight way forgets her pain for joy that a man is borne into the world. The pangs and throws of godly sorrow are therefore said by the Apostle to cause repentance not to be repented of, because that repentance brings forth joy to be rejoiced in, a masculine joy, joy that a man-child of Grace to build up our spiritual house is brought into the world. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be build up. And Thou shalt put iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
If we by repentance pull downe the strong holds of sinne, if we forsake and lay wast our lusts, the Lord will build us up, he will build us up with all manner of blessings; repentance is fruitfull; There are many who professe they repent, but they doe not bring forth fruits meete for repentance; but as true repentance is accompanyed with our fruits of holines and obedience towards God, so with Gods fruits, the fruits of his love and mercy towards us. Ther• is a kinde of repentance in hell, there's weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, but that's a fruitlesse repentance, as well as a faithlesse repentance; the damned are under chaines of everlasting darknesse. Unsound repentance, or the repentance of hypocrites in this life, is like the repentance of the damned in the next life, but true repentance is fruitfull. If we as the Baptist exhorted the Jewes (