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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Book of Job being the substance of XXXV lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed for L. Fawne, 1656
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters o… › Chapter 5 › Verse 9
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.
It is the property of God to do great things: And because it is his property, he can as easily do great things as small things.
It is the property of God to doe great things: And because it is his property, he can as easily doe great things as small things.
Among men, Great spirits count nothing great; A great spirit swallows and overcomes all difficulties: Much more is it so with the great God, who is a Spirit, all Spirit, and the father of spirits; To the great God there is nothing great: He can as easily do the greatest as the least: 1 Sam: 14. 6. 2 Chron. 14. There 1is no restraint to the Lord, to save with few or by many, or it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power; It is not so much, as the dust of the balance with God, to turn the scale of victory in battle, whether there be more or less: Seeing all Nations before him, are but as the dust of the balance, as nothing, yea less then nothing. So that whether you put him upon any great work or small work, you put the Lord to no more stress, to no more pains in the one, then in the other, for he doth great things; and to do them, is his property, not his study, his nature, not his labour. He needs not make provisions or preparations, for what he would have done, the same act by which he wills the doing of a thing, doth it, if he wills. What great things hath the Lord done in our days. We may say as the Virgin (Luke 1. 49.) He that is Mighty, hath done to us great things, and Holy is his Name; and as they, Acts 2. 11. We have both heard and 2seen the great things of God done amongst us; and I believe greater things are yet to be done. It was a great work at the beginning of time, to make Heaven and earth, and will it not be a great work, to shake Heaven and earth? That God hath said he will do, before the end of time. Yet once it is a little while, and I will shake the Heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land,