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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 › Verse 7
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Secondly, He establisheth, counsels and actions, (Isa. 44.26.) He confirmeth the word of his servants, and performeth the counsel of his Messengers; that is, he makes good, and brings to effect that word which they have given in counsel. And as for actions, Moses prayeth (Psal. 90.17.) Establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea the work of our hands establish thou it. Whatever is in our hands quickly moulders away, and (as the enemies said when the Jews built the walls of Jerusalem, Neh. 4.3.) If a Fox go up upon it, it will fall, unless the Lord establish it; but neither the Foxes with their subtlety, nor the Lyons with their power and cruelty, shall be able to overthrow that wall, or those actions, which the Lord is pleased to establish; for he doth establish them For ever.
Secondly, He establisheth, counsels and actions, (Isa. 44.26.) He confirmeth the word of his servants, and performeth the counsel of his Messengers; that is, he makes good, and brings to effect that word which they have given in counsel. And as for actions, Moses prayeth (Psal. 90.17.) Establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea the work of our hands establish thou it. Whatever is in our hands quickly molders away, and (as the enemies said when the Jewes built the walls of Jerusalem, Neh. 4.3.) If a Fox go up upon it, it will fall, unless the Lord establish it; but neither the Foxes with their subtilty, nor the Lyons with their power and cruelty, shall be able to overthrow that wall, or those actions, which the Lord is pleased to establish; for he doth establish them For ever.
Hence Note; The Lord can establish, not only for a time, but for always; he can give a perpetuity of establishment, not only a lasting, but an everlasting establishment; he can give an eternity of establishment.