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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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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.
Thirdly, These wild Goats are very agile & active creatures, much in motion, full of life, full of spirits; and so they resemble a godly man, he is a man of motion, of spiritual motion; and he desires his motions and speed may be more and more speedy in the ways of God. As David resolved to run the ways of Gods commandments, when God should please to enlarge his heart; so doubtless he prayed, that God would enlarge his heart to run those ways. And how often did he pray for quickening grace and liveliness, that being delivered from a slow, dull, flegmatique spirit, he might be active and full of holy fire about the things, and for the things of God.
Thirdly, These wild Goats are very agil & active creatures, much in motion, full of life, full of spirits; and so they resemble a godly man, he is a man of motion, of spiritual motion; and he desires his motions and speed may be more and more speedy in the ways of God. As David resolved to run the ways of Gods commandements, when God should please to enlarge his heart; so doubtless he prayed, that God would enlarge his heart to run those ways. And how often did he pray for quickning grace and liveliness, that being delivered from a slow, dull, flegmatique spirit, he might be active and full of holy fire about the things, and for the things of God.