First, For our instruction. We are sent to school by God himself more than once to the beasts and creeping things of the earth. Solomon sends us to the Ant, a creeping thing, he bids us consider her ways, and be wise. Elihu, in this text, sends us to the wild beasts of the earth, to Lions and Bares, to Tigers and Wolves, and bids us consider their ways and be wise. Here is matter of instruction for us; What is that? Get out of harms way, make haste out of danger; when the cold Snow comes, and the great Rain of the strength of God, take heed you be not found abroad without a a shelter. Surely God who hath provided dens for the beasts, and places for those wild creatures to hide themselves in, hath not left us without a niding-place, when the great rains of trouble fall, or threaten to fall. God invited his people of old, where to look for and whither to go for shelter in such a rainy day (Isa. 26.20.) Come my people, enter thou into thy Chambers, and shut thy door about ⟨p. 484⟩thee; hide thy self as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over-past. For, Behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the Inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. As if he had said, Hide your selves till the storm be over, till the great rain of my strength be gone. God, who hath put an instinct into the creatures to go to their dens, to their places in a stormy season, doth specially call to men, and among men, specially to his own people, when 'tis a time of indignation, to go into their Chambers and hide themselves till it be overblown. Do not stand out in the rain, do not stand in the storm, get into your chambers; what are these Chambers? surely not the chambers of our houses, they are poor refuges, the rain of his strength will break or soak into those chambers, how well soever roofed or ceiled. The chambers in which the people of God are called to hide themselves, are God himself; the Power of God, the Faithfulness of God, the Truth of God, the Goodness of God, in these Chambers he calls his people to hide themselves. Solomon assureth us (Prov. 81.10.) The Name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it and is safe. As God hath taught the beasts to run into their dens, so he instructs us in his Word to run into his Name, as to a strong tower, where we may be safe. David said (Psal. 57.1.)
First, For our instruction. We are sent to school by God himself more than once to the beasts and creeping things of the earth. Solomon sends us to the Ant, a creeping thing, he bids us consider her wayes, and be wise. Elihu, in this text, sends us to the wild beasts of the earth, to Lions and Bares, to Tigers and Wolves, and bids us consider their wayes and be wise. Here is matter of instruction for us; What is that? Get out of harmes way, make haste out of danger; when the cold Snow comes, and the great Rain of the strength of God, take heed you be not found abroad without a a shelter. Surely God who hath provided dens for the beasts, and places for those wilde creatures to hide themselves in, hath not left us without a niding-place, when the great rains of trouble fall, or threaten to fall. God invited his people of old, where to look for and whither to go for shelter in such a rainy day (Isa. 26.20.) Come my people, enter thou into thy Chambers, and shut thy door about ⟨p. 484⟩thee; hide thy self as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over-past. For, Behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the Inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. As if he had said, Hide your selves till the storm be over, till the great rain of my streng h be gone. God, who hath put an instinct into the creatures to go to their dens, to their places in a stormy season, doth specially call to men, and among men, specially to his own people, when 'tis a time of indignation, to go into their Chambers and hide themselves till it be overblown. Do not stand out in the rain, do not stand in the storm, get into your chambers; what are these Chambers? surely not the chambers of our houses, they are poor refuges, the rain of his strength will break or soak into those chambers, how well soever roofed or ceiled. The chambers in which the people of God are called to hide themselves, are God himself; the Power of God, the Faithfulness of God, the Truth of God, the Goodness of God, in these Chambers he calls his people to hide themselves. Solomon assureth us (Prov. 81.10.) The Name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it and is safe. As God hath taught the beasts to run into their dens, so he instructs us in his Word to run into his Name, as to a strong tower, where we may be safe. David said (Psal. 57.1.)
