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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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Fourthly, Delight in the Almighty is a holy delight, a delight which makes us more holy; the delights of the world are impure, and they defile us, we seldom take in worldly pleasures, but they leave some spot and taint upon our spirits or conversations; but the delights we have in the Lord are all pure, yea purifying delights, they make the soul more clear, more holy, more heavenly, they make us like unto the Almighty, in whom our delight is. For look what the object is in which we delight, such is the spirit of him that takes that delight; now the Lord in whom this delight is, being altogether holy, they that take delight in him, must needs be made or kept holy by it. As delight in worldly things makes the heart worldly, base and dreggish, so this refines and purifies it. The more ⟨p. 259⟩we drink of the rivers of this pleasure, the more sober we are, to be an epicure (as it were) in these delights, is the highest temperance. Our feeding cannot be too full, nor our drafts too large upon these delights. Solomon (Eccle. 2.2.) who had run a course through all worldly delights, and tried them to the utmost, said of laughter it is mad, and of mirth what doth it? there is a madness in the mirth of the world, what doth it? that is, what good doth it to any man? many things it doth, it makes men vain, foolish, dissolute, dispirited for any goodness; but what good doth it? doth it make any man better, more holy, more wise or fit for duty, no, it can do none of these things. But delight in the Lord, is all this, and can do all this, it is true, strong, strengthening,1 lasting, holy, a delight that makes us more holy. This is the portion of Saints at all times, though paid them in more or specially at some times, and that either, first, respecting the state and disposition of their own souls, as in the rest, or secondly, the state of and promised dispensations of God to the Church. (Isa. 65.14.18. Isa. 66.11.) Then (also in a special manner) shalt thou have thy delight in the Lord. And because every man doth freely or willingly look to that in which he is delighted. Therefore Eliphaz addeth, And shalt lift up thy face to God.