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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 26-29
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Thirdly, Doth the Eagle dwell on a rock? so doth every true believer (Isa. 33.16.) His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure. The Apostle tells us who the rock is (1 Cor. 10.4.) The rock which followed them was Christ.
Fourthly, Doth the Eagle renew her strength? So do believers when any oldness is coming upon the new creature (as it doth sometimes) then they renew their strength by looking to Jesus Christ, who is at once their righteousness and their strength: He satisfieth their mouth with good things, so that their youth is renewed as the Eagles (Psal. 103.5.) As the Lord often b•ings his people low by bodily sickness and weakness, and then renews their natural health and strength: So when there are decays and declinings upon their souls, he renews their spiritual health and strength (Isa. 40.31.) They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, and then (as was said before) they shall mount up with wings as Eagles. The Eagles youth is renewed by the growth and succession of new feathers (of the same kind) in the place of the old; but a believer reneweth his youth or strength, by casting off gradually the remainders of the old man which is corrupt, and by putting on more of the new man (who is quite of another kind) created after God in righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4.24.)
Fourthly, Doth the Eagle renew her strength? So do believers when any oldness is coming upon the new creature (as it doth sometimes) then they renew their strength by looking to Jesus Christ, who is at once their righteousness and their strength: He satisfieth their mouth with good things, so that their youth is renewed as the Eagles (