A35537:1668
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 3-5
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When you see Lightning you say there will be Thunder by and by; as natural Lightning gives warning of Thunder, so God gives warning from his word, and providences, when a Thunder-clap of judgment, in any kind, is coming. God never sends a judgment, but we hear of it before we feel it; God speaks before he strikes (Matth. 24.) Behold, I have told you before. Lightning tells us Thunder is at hand. God doth not use to strike his people with a Thunder-bolt, before he hath given them notice by a flash of Lightning; indeed judgments always surprise the wicked; how much Lightning soever hath been dashed in their eyes, yet the Thunder comes unawares. The day of the Lord will at least come as a snare upon all carnal men, though they have had frequent calls to prepare for it. God in the course of nature teacheth us the course of his providence, Lightning gives warning that Thunder is coming, and happy are they who take warning by his Lightning, and so escape the stroke of his Thunder; after it a voice Roareth.
When you see Lightning you say there will be Thunder by and by; as natural Lightning gives warning of Thunder, so God gives warning from his word, and providences, when a Thunder-clap of judgment, in any kind, is coming. God never sends a judgment, but we hear of it before we feel it; God speaks before he strikes (