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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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Secondly, The words are rather to be taken for a promise; Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Lord; Then, that is, when thou turnest from sinful delights, or delight in sin, I assure thee of spiritual delight.
Secondly, The words are rather to be taken for a promise; Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Lord; Then, that is, when thou turnest from sinfull delights, or delight in sin, I assure thee of spirituall delight.
Whence observe; That they who mourn for, and turn from sin, shall have delights in the Lord.
Whence observe; That they who mourne for, and turne from sinne, shall have delights in the Lord.
When once sin is bitter to us, the Lord will be sweet to us; and until sin be bitter to us, the Lord is not sweet to us; sin hinders our delightful enjoyment of the creature, it puts gall and wormwood into our dish, and cup, it is that which makes all relations grievous and burdensome to us; yet this is but a small matter, that it hinders us from the contentment, and sweetnesses which are to be had in the creature; sin takes us off from delighting in God. That soul cannot delight in the Almighty, who loveth and continueth in the love of sin. If such profess delight in God, it is but a false boast, and a high presumption; it is impossible for such to delight in the Lord indeed. Job (Chap. 27.10.) saith of the hypocrite; Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? He may pretend to a delight in the Almighty, he may have some flashes, some raptures, but his joys and delights are not in the Almighty, what joys soever he hath they are in somewhat below God; the hypocrite may delight himself in somewhat received from the Almighty, in some present benefit, or future expectation that he hath from the Almighty; he cannot delight in the Almighty himself, or in God as God.