An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Secondly, The speediness of it; Surely now he would awake, [Now] without delay or demur; thou shouldest no sooner seek to God, but find an answer of mercy from him.

Secondly, The speedinesse of it; Surely now he would awake, [Now] without delay or demurre; thou shouldest no sooner seek to God, but finde an answer of mercy from him.

Thirdly, The benefit of it to Job, He would awake for thee. For Job might say,¹ I may awaken a sleepy Lion to rise up against me; God may be angry with my prayer, and in stead of blessing pour out some further judgement upon me: No, saith Bildad, I assure thee, if thou thus seek to him, He will awake for thee, not against thee.

Thirdly, The benefit of it to Job, He would awake for thee. For Job might say,¹ I may awaken a sleepie Lion to rise up against me; God may be angry with my prayer, and in stead of blessing pour out some further judgement upon me: No, saith Bildad, I assure thee, if thou thus seek to him, He will awake for thee, not against thee.

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God sometimes awakes against us, Jer. 31.28. It shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them, to pluck up and to break down, and to destroy; and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the Lord. As the Lord would watch to do them a good turn; so he had watched to do them (as we speak) a shrewd