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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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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.
As he retaineth not his anger for ever, so he restraineth it long, because he delighteth in mercy (Mic. 7.18.) As mercy moves the Lord speedily to receive repenting sinners into favour, so it prevails with him to be very slow in sending judgements upon those that are impenitent. The Lord reserved or kept back the waters of the flood a hundred and twenty years from drowning the Old World; though, as they provoked and even dared him to do it every day by their presumptuous sinnings against his warnings, so he was able to do it any hour or moment of the day.
As he retaineth not his anger for ever, so he restraineth it long, because he delighteth in mercy (Mic. 7.18.) As mercy moves the Lord speedily to receive repenting sinners into fav•ur, so it prevails with him to be very slow in sending judgements upon those that are impenitent. The Lord reserved or kept back the waters of the flood a hundred and twenty years from drowning the Old World; though, as they provoked and even dared him to do it every day by their presumptuous sinnings against his warnings, so he was able to do it any hour or moment of the day.
Thirdly Note, Trouble hath its time or season.