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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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Secondly, God is terrible to sinners, in the day of outward trouble, when, as David speaks (Psal. 65.5.) By terrible things in righteousness he answereth the prayers of his People. When God is doing terrible things in the World, how miserable is their case, to whom God also is a terror in that day! A godly man when God is doing the most terrible things, shaking Heaven and earth, and (as it were) pulling the world about our ears, yet, because he finds God at peace with him, he is well enough. But as for impenitent sinners, when God is doing terrible things, what will become of them? I may bespeak them in the words of the Prophet (Isa. 10.3.) What will ye do in the day of your visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help, and where will ye leave your glory? As if he had said, wh•, or what can be a comfort to you, when God is a terror to you? And therefore, another Prophet fore-seeing such a terrible day coming, makes this earnest deprecating prayer (Jer. 17.13.) O Lord, be not thou a terror to me in the evil day. I know an evil, a terrible day is at hand, but Lord I beg this of thee, that thou wilt not be a terror to me in that day; if men should be a terror to me, and God a terror ⟨p. 610⟩too, it would be insupportable. Yet thus it will be with the unrighteous, when God doth terrible things in righteousness, and such things he will do in the latter days. Take heed, lest God appear with terrible Majesty to you, in such a day.
Secondly, God is terrible to sinners, in the day of outward trouble, when, as David speaks (Psal. 65.5.) By terrible things in righteousness he answereth the prayers of his People. When God is doing terrible things in the World, how miserable is their case, to whom God also is a terrour in that day! A godly man when God is doing the most terrible things, shaking Heaven and earth, and (as it were) pulling the world about our ears, yet, because he finds God at peace with him, he is well enough. But as for impenitent sinners, when God is doing terrible things, what will become of them? I may bespeak them in the words of the Prophet (