_I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL LIFE Let us look at the kind of life Job says he lived, and in doing so let it be remarked that all... [ Continue Reading ]
_What then shall I do when God riseth up?_ THE GREAT QUESTION 1. Job’s mind was deeply impressed with a sense of his own responsibility. There is a natural inclination in the mind of man to diminish the sense of responsibility. In most transactions of life men frequently evince a desire to escape... [ Continue Reading ]
_Did not He that made me in the womb make him?_ GOD THE UNIVERSAL CREATOR I. Illustrate the doctrine here conveyed. Both high and low, rich and poor, all sorts and conditions of men, have one common Creator. 1. The unity of creation, Men’s tastes, habits, abodes, and appearances differ, but men a... [ Continue Reading ]
_If I have seen any perish for want of clothing._ A GOOD MAN’S RIGHTEOUSNESS These words do in general set forth the practice of a good man in the acts of mercy and righteousness, which do, above all others, declare him a follower of our blessed Lord. But chiefly they do imply something concerning... [ Continue Reading ]
_If I have made gold my hope._ ON THE LOVE OF MONEY How universal is it among those who are in pursuit of wealth to make gold their hope; and, among those who are in possession of wealth, to make fine gold their confidence! Yet we are here told that this is virtually as complete a renunciation of G... [ Continue Reading ]
_If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom._ HIDING AND CONFESSING SIN To cover and hide sin is sin: it is the adding of sin to sin. Sin is the disease of the soul, and there is no such way to increase and make a disease desperate as to conceal it. Silence fe... [ Continue Reading ]
_The words of Job are ended._ JOB’S FINAL POSITION Running like a golden thread through all this vehement and passionate language, we have seen a vein of thought which has given this half-rebellious questioner a claim upon our sympathy, and which even had the book ended here, would have prevented t... [ Continue Reading ]