An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

As God is great, so good; bo•h are equally essential to him: goodness, gentleness, and meekness, meet together and are matched with greatness and mightiness in God, (Nahum 1.8.) The Lord is great in Power, and sl•• to anger; he is not presently in a flame with sinners, but waiteth to be gracious. Fury is not in me, (saith the Lord, Isa. 27.4, 5.) I do not presently execute my power, because great in power. Who would set the Briars and Thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, and burn them together; or let him take hold of my strength, and make peace ⟨p. 173⟩with me, and he shall make peace with me. As if he had said, If sinners, of one sort or other, who are to me, or to my people, like Briars and Thorns, vexing and troubling both me and them, should take the boldness to contend with me, I could quickly rid my hands of them, even as soon as fire can consume Briars and Thorns fully dry; yet I rather advise them to humble themselves, and humbly make suit for peace, and they shall not find me inexorable, though I am invincible▪ they may have Peace for the asking, though I fear not at all the issue of the War. O that the mighty men of the World, would strive to imitate this overture of the mighty God: But oh how unlike are the most of the mighty men of this World to God!

As God is great, so good; bo•h are equally essential to him: goodness, gentleness, and meekness, meet together and are matcht with greatness and mightiness in God, (Nahum 1.8.) The Lord is great in Power, and sl•• to anger; he is not presently in a flame with sinners, but waiteth to be gracious. Fury is not in me, (saith the Lord, Isa. 27.4, 5.) I do not presently execute my power, because great in power. Who would set the Bryars and Thorns against me in battel? I would go thorow them, and burn them tgether; or let him take hold of my strength, and make peace