Job 33:3
My words — I will not speak passionately or partially, but from a sincere desire to do thee good. Clearly — What I speak will be plain, not hard to be understood.... [ Continue Reading ]
My words — I will not speak passionately or partially, but from a sincere desire to do thee good. Clearly — What I speak will be plain, not hard to be understood.... [ Continue Reading ]
Life — I am thy fellow creature, and am ready to discourse with thee upon even terms, according to thy desire.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold — I will plead with thee in God's name and stead, which thou hast often wished, and I am God's creature like thyself.... [ Continue Reading ]
Clean — Not absolutely, for he often confesses himself to be a sinner, but no such transgression, as might give God just occasion to punish him so severely, as is implied, where he blames God for finding occasions against him, implying that he had given him none by his sins. And thus far Elihu's cha... [ Continue Reading ]
Marketh — He narrowly prys into all my actions, that he may find matter against me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Not just — Thou art in the wrong. Greater — Not only in power and majesty, but also in justice, and wisdom, and goodness, and therefore thou dost foolishly, in censuring his judgments, thou castest off that awe and reverence which thou shouldest constantly maintain towards thy sovereign Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
He — Useth not to give an account to his creatures of the grounds and reasons of his judgments or dispensations as being the supreme governor of all persons and things, in whose will it becometh all men to acquiesce.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet — Although he doth not give men an account of his matters, yet he doth that which is sufficient for them. Twice — When once speaking doth not awaken men, God is graciously pleased to give them another admonition: though he will not gratify men's curiosity in enquiring into his hidden judgments,... [ Continue Reading ]
Sealeth — He imprints those instructions upon their minds.... [ Continue Reading ]
Pride — And God by this means is said to hide pride from man, because by these glorious representations of his Divine majesty to man, he takes him off from the admiration of his own excellency, and brings him to a sight of his own weakness, and to an humble and ready submission to his will.... [ Continue Reading ]
Keepeth — By his gracious admonitions whereby he leads him to repentance.... [ Continue Reading ]
Pain — The second way whereby God instructs men and excites them to repentance.... [ Continue Reading ]
The destroyers — The pangs of death, here called the destroyers, are just ready to seize him.... [ Continue Reading ]
A messenger — A prophet or teacher. To expound the providence, and point out the design of God therein. One, &c. — A person rightly qualified for this great and hard work, such as there are but very few. To shew — To direct him to the right way how he may please God, and procure that mercy which he... [ Continue Reading ]
He — God. A ransom — Although I might justly destroy him, yet I will spare him, for I have found out a way of ransoming sinners from death, which is the death of my son, the redeemer of the world, and with respect to which I will pardon them that repent and sue for mercy. Observe how God glories in... [ Continue Reading ]
Render — He will deal with him as with one reconciled to him through the mediator, and turning from sin to righteousness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Life — His life which was endangered, shall be restored and continued. Yea, farther, God shall Deliver his soul from going into the pit of hell: and his life shall see the light, all good, in the vision and fruition of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lo — All these ways God uses to convince, and save sinners.... [ Continue Reading ]
To bring — That he may save men from being forever miserable, and make them forever happy. "Lord, what is man, that thou shouldest thus visit him? This should engage us, to comply with God's designs, to work with him for our own good, and not to counter — work him. And this will render those that pe... [ Continue Reading ]