A35537:1708
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 is the great God, so great that doing great, things is no weariness ⟨p. 464⟩[…] ⟨p. 465⟩[…] ⟨p. 466⟩to him. T•e t•xt doth not say, h• hath done great things, o• he will do great things, bu•, he doth great things, he is always doing g eat t•••gs; and […] is a point improvable for the comfort of the people […] God. When a great matter is to be done, we say, who shall do it […] when we are in great troubles and dangers, we s•y, who shall deliver us? If small matters be to be done, we think we o• o•her men like our selves can do them; but when great m••••rs are to be d•ne, we hardly believe, that God can do them for us; yet 'tis all one with God whether the thing be great or little that is to be done, if he please to undertake the doing of it. It is questioned (Amos 7.2.) By whom shall Jacob ar•se, for he is small? They looked to this and that creature, and saw Jacob so small and low, that they thought he could never rise again; but remember Jacobs God is great, and he doth great things, this great thing especially, to raise them that are low and small. What-ever your condition is, remember God is great, and can as well do great things as little, as easily make a world as give you a morsel of b•ead; there is nothing hard to God; He doth great things, and (according to the strictness of the Hebrew text) we know not, that is, we consider them not, we take little notice of them.