A35537:1687
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
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He will not take thunder and lightning by the heel, when he hath bid them go. We have a parallel sense to this, concerning the thunder and lightning of divine Judgements (Zeph. 2.1, 2.) Gather your selves together, O gather your selves together, before the decree bring forth. As if he had said, If once the decree bring forth, if once God declare that wrath shall come, there is no recalling of it, He will not stay it when his voice is heard; for then (Isa. 43.13.) The Lord will work, and n•ne shall let him; he will not stop it himself, and none else can. Thunder and lightning shall come; whosoever stand in their way must down. And as none ⟨p. 460⟩can let God by power, so none shall let him by prayer, if once he be resolved, and hath sent forth his decree; therefore do not provoke the Lord to give out the word, for then your case is desperate. There's no opposing the work of God, or God in his working. He will not stay them when his voice is heard.
He will not take thunder and lightning by the heele, when he hath bid them go. We have a parallel sense to this, c•ncerning the thunder and lightning of divine Judgements (Zeph. 2.1, 2.) Gather your selves together, O gather your selves together, before the decree bring forth. As if he had said, If once the decree bring forth, if once God declare that wrath shall come, there is no recalling of it, He will not stay it when his voyce is heard; for then (Isa. 43.13.) The Lord will work, and n•ne shall let him; he will not stop it himself, and none else can. Thunder and lightning shall come; whosoever stand in their way must down. And as none ⟨p. 460⟩can lett God by power, so none shall lett him by prayer, if once he be resolved, ahd hath sent forth his decree; therefore do not provoke the Lord to give out the word, for then your case is desperate. There's no opposing the work of God, or God in his working. He will not stay them when his voyce is heard.