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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 38 › Verse 22-23
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He reserves or stops them as, and as long as himself pleaseth. He can prohibit snow and hail and command them not to come. As they will surely come at any time, if he commands them to come, so if he commands them not to come till such or such a time, they will not come till then. The sovereignty of God is absolute over the creature. When Nebuchadnezzars understanding returned to him, then he praised and honoured him that liveth for ever (Dan. 4.34.) whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and confessed (vers. 35.) that he doth according to his will in the army of heaven; that is, the Angels, the Sun, Moon, and Stars, as also the Meteors, Snow and Hail, &c. all, or any of these, are the army of heaven, an army raised in the heavens; in this army God doth according to his Will, as well as among the inhabitants of the earth.
He reserves or stops them as, and as long as himself pleaseth. He can prohibit snow and hail and command them not to come. As they will surely come at any time, if he commands them to come, so if he commands them not to come till such or such a time, they will not come till then. The soveraignty of God is absolute over the creature. When Nebuchadnezzars understanding returned to him, then he praised and honoured him that liveth for ever (Dan. 4.34.) whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and confessed (vers. 35.) that he doth according to his will in the army of heaven; that is, the Angels, the Sun, Moon, and Stars, as also the Meteors, Snow and Hail, &c. all, or any of these, are the army of heaven, an army raised in the heavens; in this army God doth according to his Will, as well as among the inhabitants of the earth.
Secondly, Observe, God is very patient, he doth not presently take vengeance, nor bring trouble, though he be always provided for it, and able to do it.
Secondly, Observe, God is very patient, he doth not presently take vengeance, nor bring trouble, though he be alwayes provided for it, and able to do it.