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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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As he reserves his stores of vengeance for those times, so he knows those times. Wise Princes reserve stores against that evil time of war, &c. yet when that evil time will be they know not: but to God all times are known. David said (Psal. 31.15.) My times are in thy hand, that is, my times of peace and trouble, ⟨p. 186⟩of joy and sorrow, are at thy dispose; thou cuttest out my times, not only as to the length or shortness of them, but as to the form and condition of them. Now if the Lord disposeth and ordereth our times, what they shall be, whether troublous or prosperous, then he must needs know what times will be times of trouble.
As he reserves his stores of vengeance for those times, so he knows those times. Wise Princes reserve stores against that evil time of war, &c. yet when that evil time will be they know not: but to God all times are known. David said (Psal. 31.15.) My times are in thy hand, that is, my times of peace and trouble, ⟨p. 186⟩of joy and sorrow, are at thy dispose; thou cuttest out my times, not onely as to the length or shortness of them, but as to the form and condition of them. Now if the Lord disposeth and ordereth our times, what they shall be, whether troublous or prosperous, then he must needs know what times will be times of trouble.
Fifthly Note; Present impunity is no assurance of future indemnity to sinners.
Judgement is but reserved, and the instruments of it, snow and hail, &c. kept up for a while. Prodigals and spend-thrifts may boast, but the date of the bond will come out, and then an arrest comes. Let sinners remember, the instruments of divine vengeance are only reserved, they are not broken nor cast away; and whosoever are found in sin, their sin (that is the punishment of their sin) sooner or later will find them out (