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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 21-22
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First, We need not fear the terribleness of any creature, while we have the terrible Majesty of God with us. As he hath been, so still he is (as the Prophet spake, Isa. 25.4, 5.) A strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. And therefore the Prophet concluded in the latter end of the 5th verse, The branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Secondly, If God hath such terrible Majesty, then, as it is a comfort to his people against the terrible ones, so what a terror should this be to those who are not his people, especially to those who are openly rebellious, who kick against his Majesty, and will not behold with reverence the Majesty of the Lord! Let them remember, With God is terrible Majesty. The Prophet foretells a day, wherein the Majesty of the Lord will terrify the most potent sinners, and make them at their wits end (Isa. 2.10, 12, 19, 21.) Enter into the Rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his Majesty. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low; it shall be upon the Cedars of Lebanon, &c. that is upon those that are high like the Cedars of Leba•an, and strong like the Oaks of Bashan: And they shall go into the holes of the Rocks, and into the caves of the earth, &c. And why all this? the Text answers (vers. 19.) For fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his Majesty, when he shall arise to shake terribly the earth. O the terribleness of Gods Majesty, ⟨p. 609⟩to all those who tremble not at his Majesty! to the proud, who are lifted up in their own thoughts, who are high in their own imaginations! yea, the Majesty of the Lo d will be terrible to all impenitent sinners in that day, I may say, mo•e distinctly, in these four days.