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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, as this righteousness is the image of God in us, so it is the very workmanship of God upon us (Ephes. 2.10.) ⟨p. 23⟩For we are his workmanship; we are so not only first in our natural capacity, as we are men, and secondly in our civil capacity as such or such men, high or low, rich or poor, but also (which is the thing intended by the Apostle) in our spiritual capacity as Saints. Thus we are the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. The same Apostle saith again, He that hath wrought us for this self same thing is God, (2 Cor. 5.5.) Is it possible that God should have no pleasure in his own works? We read in the first of Genesis, that when he had made the world, the Lord saw all that he had made, and behold it was very good. God hath an All-seeing eye, he always beholdeth all things, but when 'tis said, he saw all that he had made, this imports a special act of God, after the manner of men, who strictly view and behold what they have done, delighting in it; Thus the Lord saw all that he had made, he (as it were) came to view his own work, he saw and behold it was very good, he took pleasure in it. Now if God took pleasure in that structure and fabric of the world, the first Creation, how much more doth he take pleasure in that holiness which he hath wrought in the hearts of his people, which is a second creation? and that's a more curious and noble structure then this visible world is. The new Creation is more excellent then the old. Therefore the Lord cannot but delight in a righteous person for he is his workmanship. What Job (Ch. 14.15.) assures himself of, is most true in this respect. Thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. Job speaks there of his outward man: my body (he means) was made by thee, 'tis the work of thy hands and thou wilt fetch it back again, thou wilt redeem it from the dust. Whatsoever hath the workmanship of God upon it, he hath pleasure in it as it is his work, and a special pleasure in that, which (as any work of Grace is) is his special work.
Secondly, as this righteousnesse is the image of God in us, so it is the very workmanship of God upon us (Ephes. 2.10