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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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Seventhly, Which followeth upon the former, God will carry on his designs through all the world: He will carry them through, against all, (Psal. 92.8, 9.) Thou Lord art most high for evermore; Lo, thine enemies shall perish; thine enemies who would hinder thy work, they shall certainly fall. Christ is called The first and the last; He (saith St John, Rev. 1.17.) laid his right hand upon me, and said, fear not, I am the first and the last: Why should he not fear? what did Christ offer to cure him of his fear? Christ doth not give him a bare dissuasive, Fear not, but a ⟨p. 382⟩rational ground why he should not fear. Fear will not be blown away with a breath: Our passions are never truly quieted nor attempered but by reason. Upon what ground then would Christ take off Johns fear, even upon this in the Text, I am the first and the last. As if he had said, John why doest thou fear? knowest thou not who I am, what a Lord and Master thou servest? Why, John, I tell thee, I am the first and the last; and therefore thou mayest be sure, I will do my work, and none shall let me. John had wonderful things in vision; shall all these be done thought he? yea, saith Christ, Fear not, I will carry on my designs (all the designs that Christ had in the world were then in vision) Eternity triumphs over all difficulties; The Eternal will see the last man born, (as we say) he will have the last word, and the last blow. I am the first and the last.
Seventhly, Which followeth upon the former, God will carry on his designes through all the world: He will carry them through, against all, (Psal. 92.8, 9.) Thou Lord art most high for evermore; Lo, thine enemies shall perish; thine enemies who would hinder thy work, they shall certainly fall. Christ is called The first and the last; He (saith St John, Rev. 1.17.) laid his right hand upon me, and said, fear not, I am the first and the last: Why should he not fear? what did Christ offer to cure him of his fear? Christ doth not give him a bare disswasive, Fear not, but a ⟨p. 382⟩