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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verse 26
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Thirdly, If God cannot be fully known, neither in himself, nor in his works, Then take heed of murmuring or complaining of the ways, works, and dealings of God. Will you find fault with that which you neither do, nor can fully know? how little is it of any of the works of God, that we know! how little a way do we ⟨p. 376⟩see into them! let us not find fault with that thing, the perfections whereof we cannot find out; say not, why is it thus? why doth God let things go thus? why are his providences ordered thus? there are many such queryings in the hearts of men, and some such are expressed by the tongues of men. But remember the Lord cannot be known in his works, therefore let us not complain of his works, but, sitting down in silence, submit to them; let us (as David) Be dumb because God hath done it, (Psal. 39.9.) David was silent, not only with respect to the sovereignty of God, who, he knew, had power and liberty to do whatsoever he pleased, but with respect to his incomprehensibility, because he knew he was not able to know or understand the bottom-reason of that which God had done. This some conceive, the special intendment of Elihu in this Text, as reproving Job for his many complaints, and murmurings, and disputings about the dealings of God with him in the extremity of his sufferings: Therefore, said he, Consider God is great, and we know him not.
Thirdly, If God cannot be fully known, neither in himself, nor in his works, Then take heed of murmuring or complaining of the wayes, works, and dealings of God. Will you find fault with that which you neither do, nor can fully know? how little is it of any of the works of God, that we know! how little a way do we ⟨p. 376⟩see into them! let us not find fault with that thing, the perfections whereof we cannot find out; say not, why is it thus? why doth God let things go thus? why are his providences ordered thus? there are many such queryings in the hearts of men, and some such are exprest by the tongues of men. But remember the Lord cannot be known in his works, therefore let us not complain of his works, but, sitting down in silence, submit to them; let us (as David) Be dumb because God hath done it, (Psal. 39.9