An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

The works of God are of two sorts, visible and invisible.

First, Such as we see or know by s ght: Thus the wo•ks of ⟨p. 354⟩Creation, and the works of Providence, his present providences, are such as we behold, they are visible works.

Secondly, There are invisible works of God, which we cannot behold, but must believe, and can know only by faith; such are his spiritual works, or what he works upon or in the spirits of the children of men: These are written in too small a letter for the eye of Nature to behold; none can see them or behold them but by an eye of faith, or spiritual understanding. The works of regeneration and sanctification (for which God is wonderfully to be magnified) may be seen or beheld in the fruits and effects of them, in those they are very visible, but they cannot be seen in themselves. The past and future providences of God cannot now be seen by the eye, but by faith they may, and we ought to believe that such things were wrought, and shall be wrought; we are to receive the testimony given by faithful History, that such things were done, though we never saw the doing of them, and we are to receive the sure word of Prophecy that such things shall be done, though we live not to see the doing of them. The work of God intended here by Elihu is a visible work, therefore it must fall among his providences.