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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 1-4
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First, As these wild Goats seek both their food and rest, their repast and refuge in rocks; So the godly abide and dwell in the rock, that is, in the Lord Jesus Christ, they look to him alone both for refuge and refreshing, both for comfort and safety while they are in this world. Christ is the rock upon which the Church is ⟨p. 309⟩built (Mat. 16.18.) And as the state of the true Church in general, so of every true believer, is built upon this immovable rock the Lord Jesus Christ.
Secondly, As the rocks, so the mountains are much desired by the wild Goats (Psal. 104.18.) The high hills are a refuge for the wild Goats. Thus David was eying the hills for help (Psal. 121.1.) I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. What were these hills? Surely, neither the material nor metaphorical hills of this world, of which latter the people of God spake (Jerem. 3.23.) disclamingly, Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains, that is, from the greatest power of man or men. What the hills were to which David lifted up his eyes for help, himself tells us at the second verse of that Psalm, My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. As the affections of a godly man are set upon the things above, not upon things below (Col. 3.2.) so his confidences are set upon God who is above, not upon men here below.