A35537:1774
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
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.
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 (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.
Secondly, When the text saith, God sealeth up the hand of every man, that all men may know his work,