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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 36 › Verses 5-6
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Secondly, Hence we may infer matter of terror to the wicked world, the sons of Belial, the mightiest enemies of God. What is the might of sinful man, to the mightiness of God! The weakness of God is stronger than man; what then is his mightiness! We read (Rev. 6.15.) how, the (Heathen) Kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief Captains, and (which may be the recapitulation of all these) the mighty men, hid themselves in Dens, and said to the Mountains fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. The Apostle checks the madness of the Corinthians in sinning, by an intimation of the mightiness of God, ⟨p. 168⟩against whom they sinned (1 Cor. 10.22.) Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? As if he had said, What do ye mean? (he speaks to those that would venture to go to the Table of Devils, that is, who cared not how they mingled themselves, and held Communion, in the things of God, with those who worshipped Devil-gods, or (as all Idolaters do) Devils rather than God; what mean you (saith he to these) consider your selves, Will you provoke the Lord? are you stronger than he? are you his match? are you able to grapple with him? not so well as a Child with a mighty Giant, or a Lamb with a Lion. The mightiness of the Lord, his Almightiness, should make sinners tremble, and fear to provoke him; he can crush them as a Moth, and break them in pieces like a Potters Vessel. As 'tis the Joy of all true Believers, that God hath laid help for them (as 'tis said, Psal. 89.19.) upon one that is mighty, that is, Christ, of whom David was but a shadow; and as 'tis the comfort of the Fatherless, (how weak soever) that their Redeemer is mighty (Prov. 23.11.) So it may fill the faces of the wicked and presumptuous with confusion, and their hearts with despairing sorrow, to hear, that God, who is ready to take vengeance on them, is mighty, Behold, God is mighty; that's a glorious sight; and yet behold a sight more glorious, if more glorious may be, And despiseth not any.