A35537:1773
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 6-8
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Secondly, Take his work more largely; God sealeth up the hands of men, that they having a vacancy from their own work may consider his; he doth as it were force them from what they were doing or intended to do, that so they may have leisure to take notice of what he hath done, That all men may know his work.
Secondly, Take his work more largly; God sealeth up the hands of men, that they having a vacancy from their own work may consider his; he doth as it were force them from what they were doing or intended to do, that so they may have leisure to take notice of what he hath done, That all men may know his work.
Hence note, First; God can hinder or stop any man or all men in their work.
He, when, and as he pleaseth, can seal up the hand of every man. If God hath a mind to work, none can let him (Isa. 43.13.) Who can seal the hand of God? I may say also, whose hand cannot God seal? How easily did the Lord seal up the hand of the the builders of Babel (Gen. 11.7.) They were hot upon a mighty work; but God by confounding their tongues, sealed their hands, and they (as 'tis said, v. 8.) Left off to build the City.
He, when, and as he pleaseth, can seal up the hand of every man. If God hath a mind to work, none can lett him (Isa. 43.13.) Who can seal the hand of God? I may say also, whose hand cannot God seal? How easily did the Lord seal up the hand of the the builders of Babel (