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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 › Verses 29-31
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By them, that is, by the rain and by the wind, he judgeth the people. He can use what instrument he pleaseth to afflict and chasten us with. Read the holy Scriptures, read the Histories of the Church, and you will find all sorts of creatures summoned one time or other, and sent forth as Gods messengers, to punish the pride and stubbornness, the impenitency and perverseness of mens hearts and ways. How many creatures did God make use of to punish Pharaoh with, and many of them very contemptible ones; among the rest, the hail, rain, and thunder spoken of in this place, were his instruments of vengeance in plaguing that hardened ⟨p. 413⟩King. Whensoever God afflicts a people by the creatures, he judgeth them by the creatures. Let us take heed, that we provoke not God to turn those things which were given for our good, to our hurt; that he make not what was made our servant, our punishment. God made all creatures serviceable and useful to man, but through sin they become grievous and destructive to man; By them he judgeth the people.
By them, that is, by the rain and by the wind, he judgeth the people. He can use what instrument he pleaseth to afflict and chasten us with. Read the holy Scriptures, read the Histories of the Church, and you will find all sorts of creatures summoned one time or other, and sent forth as Gods messengers, to punish the pride and stubbornness, the impenitency and perversness of mens hearts and wayes. How many creatures did God make use of to punish Pharaoh with, and many of them ve•y contemptible ones; among the rest, the hail, rain, and thunder spoken of in this place, were his instruments of vengeance in plaguing that hardned ⟨p. 413⟩King. Whensoever God afflicts a people by the creatures, he judgeth them by the creatures. Let us take heed, that we provoke not God to turn those things which were given for our good, to our hurt; that he make not what was made our servant, our punishment. God made all creatures serviceable and useful to man, but through sin they become grievous and destructive to man; By them he judgeth the people.