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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 11-12
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Hence learn; God will not spare, no not his own People, if they do not obey him.
God is full of sparing-mercy, but the righteous may provoke him so, that he will not spare, no not them. Judgement begins often at the house of God (1 Pet. 4.17.) And if Judgement begin at the house of God, what shall the end be of those that obey not the Gospel? This is a terrible word. The righteous may perish by the sword; how dreadfully then shall the unrighteous, the wicked, the scorners of godliness, perish! If God will make his own people smart in his anger, when they provoke him, how will he speak to his enemies in his wrath, and vex them in his fore displeasure (Psal. 2.5.)
Secondly, From the gradation of their troubles; First, they were bound in fetters and holden in cords, but now here's a sword, a devouring sword, a killing deadly weapon.