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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 37 › Verses 1-2
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Secondly, Thunder is called the Voice of God, because God forms, and puts it forth by his power, as a man doth his voice. God may be said to utter his Voice when he sends out the Thunder: And as Thunder is put forth by, or speaks from God, so it puts forth, or speaks much of God, it speaks and puts forth much of the Power and Majesty of God. When it thunders, we should think we hear God, the God of glory speaking to us. Some will excuse themselves, they are ignorant, they have never been taught to know God: But did such never hear it thunder? that •eacheth much of God, so much as will make them inexcusable, who obey him no•, who tremble not at his Power and Majesty. Thunder calls for, and more, it commands, our fear of, our reverence and submission unto Go•, e•••cially when God, together with this voice, sends his arrow•, bol•s o bullets, to do great things against his enemies, as he did against Pharaoh (Ezod. 9.23.) and against the Philistines (1 Sam. 7.10) Yea, the Lord threatened to distress Jerusalem with Thunder, and with Earth-quake, and with great noise (Isa. 29.6.) Now, if Thunder be the Voice of God, or the noise of his Voice, then take these brief Inferences from it.
Secondly, Thunder is called the Voice of God, because God formes, and puts it forth by his power, as a man doth his voice. God may be said to utter his Voice when he sends out the Thunder: And as Thunder is put forth by, or speaks from God, so it puts forth, or speaks much of God, it speaks and puts forth much of the Power and M•jesty of God. When it thunders, we should think we hear God, the God of glory speaking to us. Some will excuse themselves, they are ignorant, they have never been taught to know God: But did such never hear it thunder? that •eacheth much of God, so much as will make them inexcusable, who obey him no•, who tremble not at his Power and Majesty. Thunder calls for, and more, it commands, our fear of, our reverence and submission unto Go, ecially when God, together with this voice, sends his arrow, bols o bullets, to do great things against his enemies, as he did against Pharaoh (Ezod. 9.23.) and against the Philistines (