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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, Vows lawfully made, ought to be kept.
Secondly, Vowes lawfully made, ought to be kept.
Thou shalt pay thy vows, hath in it the nature both of a promise and of a command; Vows are bonds, we must take heed of breaking them; if we break our vows, God will break our peace. The word which we translate to pay a vow, signifies also to give peace and quietness, implying that till the vow be paid we cannot have peace. A man that is in bonds to men hath no peace till he dischargeth or hath prepared to discharge his debt, and therefore an acquittance or a discharge for a debt, is commonly called, A quietus est, implying that till a man hath got a discharge, he is not at quiet. We are at our liberty whether we will vow or no, but we are not at our liberty whether we will pay our vows or no. And therefore Solomon doth not only exhort to the payment of vows, but to the speedy payment of them (Eccl. 5.4.) When thou vowest a vow unto God defer not to pay it, for he hath no pleasure in fools; That is, he is greatly displeased with fools; he means it not of such as are called fools for the want of a natural understanding, but for the want of a good conscience, & such are all they, who flatter God with their hastiness in making vows, and then mock him by their slowness in or neglect of paying them. And therefore, take four Cautions about Vows.
Thou shalt pay thy vowes, hath in it the nature both of a promise and of a command; Vowes are bonds, we must take heed of breaking them; if wee breake our vowes, God will breake our peace. The word which we translate to pay a vow, signifies also to give peace and quietnesse, implying that till the vow be payd wee cannot have peace. A man that is in bonds to men hath no peace till he dischargeth or hath prepared to discharge his debt, and therefore an acquittance or a discharge for a debt, is commonly called, A quietus est, implying that till a man hath got a discharge, he is not at quiet. We are at our liberty whether we will vow or no, but we are not at our liberty whether we will pay our vowes or no. And therefore Solomon doth not onely exhort to the payment of vowes, but to the speedy payment of them (