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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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Observe; That, in true repentance sin must be utterly cast off and put away.
We return not at all to the Almighty, till we wholly turn from sin, nor will the Almighty build up our house, till we put iniquity quite out of our house; till we turn it out of house and home; out of the house of our family, out of the home of our hearts; nor is it enough to put sin away a little, or a little way, but it must be put far away. There are several degrees of putting away sin; first, There is a putting it away out of our practice, or conversation, so that it hath no visible being or abode in us or with us. This is a putting of sin away, but this is not a putting of sin far away. Secondly, There is a putting of it out of our affections, or out of our hearts; not as if we could keep it (while we are in the body) from having a place or dwelling there, but as keeping it from having a throne or reigning there. This is to put sin very far away from us; it is no great thing to put sin out of our hands, but 'tis hard to get it out of our hearts; hypocrites will (possibly) lay down the practice of it, but still their spirits cleave to it, they are not at all alienated from the love of it, but only restrained from the acting of it; such are oftentimes kept from doing iniquity, but they do not at all put away their iniquity, much less put it far away. As it is with a natural man in reference to his doing of Good, so to his not doing of evil; If good be at ⟨p. 238⟩any time in his practice, yet it is far from his spirit, he hath no mind to it, he cannot say the law of God is in his heart, or that he delights to do it; so if evil be at any time put out of his practice, yet it is still in his spirit, his mind is toward it, he cannot say that his heart is withdrawn from it, or that he hates it. No, but as the Prophet Ezekiel speaks of the stubborn Jews (Ezek. 11.21.) Their heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things. As every Godly man is (in the main) like David, A man after Gods own heart, and walketh after the heart of God; so every ungodly man is a man after the heart of the devil, and every Idolater or worshipper of false Gods (who is one of the worst of ungodly men) is after the heart of his false gods, and he walketh after the heart of his false Gods, which the Prophet calls detestable things.