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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	add_v	godliness_n	temperance_n	2,671	5	11.4834	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35535	An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.	1661 (1661)	Wing C774; ESTC R36275	783,217	917

righteousnesse and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poore If thou repentest indeed the sin that cometh after will not be added to thy former because that is done away through Grace A godly man according to the former poynt would not adde or commit another act of sin to his former as it is sayd of Judah Gen 38.26 who had committed folly with Tamar He knew her againe no more Though his sin was great yet doubtlesse his heart was humbled and he returned not to his former sin But the wicked man continues in his wickednesse yea he blesseth himselfe in his heart saying I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of mi●e heart to adde drunkennesse to thirst Deut 29.19 Every new sin is an addition to his former sins because he alwayes liveth in sin They who would not have the captives brought into the City gave this reason 2 Chron 28.13 For whereas we have offended against the Lord already ye intend to adde more to our sins c. O take heed of sinning so as to joyne sins together As in Arithmeticke when we adde summe to summe what an huge summe may we quickly make Therefore breake off sin by repentance that if thou sinnest againe it may not be an adding of sin to sin That 's a dreadfull prophesie and threatning Psal 69.27 Adde iniquity to their iniquity and let them not come into thy righteousnesse How doth the Lord adde iniquity to iniquity will he cause any to sin more or will he doe any iniquity No the meaning is as our margin intimates the Lord will adde the punishment of their iniquity to their iniquity or he will give them up to the power of their owne lusts and vile affections so that they cannot but renew the acts of sin and adde one iniquity to another It is a blessed worke when we are much in the additions of grace to grace and of good workes to good 'T is the designe and businesse of a gracious heart to adde grace to grace that is the exercise of one grace to another till every grace be exercised 2 Pet 1.5 Give diligence to adde to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge and to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience Here is a blessed addition When a good man hath done well once he adds to doe more he adds more acts of the same kind and he adds to doe good acts of any other kinde He adds patience to godlinesse and to godlinesse brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity thus he is busied in a blessed way of addition But the addition of sin to sin is the bitter fruit of rebellion against God Isa 30.1 Wo to the rebellious children that cover but not with a covering of my Spirit that they may adde sin to sin They that make excuses for sin committed adde sin to sin yet by these coverings we may understand not only excuses and pretences for sin acted but our owne good acts for to cover sin with any thing of our owne is to adde sin to sin Yet I conceive the adding of one kind of sin to another is the addition there meant The Israelites sayd to Samuel when they were brought to a sight of their sin 1 Sam 12.19 We have added unto all our sins this evill to ask us a King They refused the Lords government and asked a king in the pride of their hearts and so added sin to sin Thus 't is sayd of Herod Luke 3.20 That to all his evill deeds he added this that he shut up John in prison And as there is an adding of severall kinds of sin so of severall acts of the same kind of sin oath to oath and adultery to adultery and wrong-dealing to wrong-dealing this day some oppresse their brethren and the next day they doe the same O let such remember what additions the Lord will make to them he will adde punishment to punishment he will adde the same kind of punishment several times he will adde sword to sword and famine to famine and pestilence to pestilence and he will adde punishments of various kinds The Prophet reports what various or if I may so speake heterogeneal kindes of sin men added and strung up together Hos 4.2 By swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood Surely God will make blood touch blood in a way of punishment as men make blood touch blood in a way of sin The adding of sins makes an addition of plagues When Jehoiakim the King heard the roll read he threw it into the fire and burnt it Jer 36. but could he burne or make an end of the threatnings no v. 32. And there were added besides unto them many like words It is sayd Rev 22.18 If any man shall adde unto these things God shall adde unto him the plagues that are written in this booke To adde any thing to the holy word of God is as sinfull as to take from the word or act against it God can adde plagues as fast as men adde sins When sin is added to sin then guilt is added to guilt and punishment to punishment Take heed of this addition resolve with the penitent soule in the text If I have done iniquity I will adde no more JOB Chap. 34. Vers 33 34 35. Should it be according to thy mind he will recompence it whether thou refuse or whether thou chuse and not I therefore speak what thou knowest Let men of understanding tell me and let a wise man hearken unto me Job hath spoken without knowledge and his words were without wisdome IN the Context of these three verses Elihu doth chiefly these two things First he appeales to the Conscience of Job v. 33. Should it be according to thy mind ask thy selfe whether it should be so yea or no. Secondly he appeals to the judgement of Jobs friends yea of all wise and understanding men concerning what Job had spoken or whether he had not spoken unwisely in the 33d and 34th verses Let men of understanding tell me and let a wise man hearken unto me Job hath spoken without knowledge and his words were without wisdome The scope of Elihu in these words is yet further to humble Job and to provoke him to repentance for his inconsiderate speeches Yet Elihu doth not call Job to repentance upon the same grounds or termes as his three friends had done They moved him to repentance upon the Consideration of his former wicked life as they supposed but Elihu moves him to repentance upon the Consideration of his imprudent and rash speeches under the afflicting hand of God Vers 33. Should it be according to thy mind This verse is delivered in as much variety as any text thorowout the whole Book and as a learned writer upon it concludes Si omnes lectiones versiones interpretationes persequeremur plus tenebrarum quam lucis afferemus Pined If we should stay upon all the various readings translations