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A35537	An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.	1664 (1664)	Wing C776; ESTC R15201	593,041	687

in general any laudable or praise-worthy thing With God all that is which is worthy to be and ought to be commended praised honoured by men and Angels We translate well With God is Majesty Others With God is praise Jacob saith of Judah the Kingly Tribe Gen. 49.8 Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise The Vulgar Latine expresseth it thus With God is fearfull praise Some read the words as a Doxology or giving of glory unto God not as we With God is terrible Majesty but unto God be reverent or terrible Majesty that is let the Glory and Majesty of God be acknowledged in all these things which have been spoken of in all those strange changes and impressions which he works in the air and which are obvious unto the eyes of the Children of men With God is Majesty with God is praise or unto God be praise for all his works and not only praise and Majesty but Terrible Majesty Majesty to be feared to be reverenced to be dreaded to be trembled at With God is terrible Majesty Hence note First Majesty belongs eminently unto God With God is Majesty As the Scripture speaking of power saith Power belongeth unto God Psal 62.11 that is properly and fundamentally all power is in God what-ever power is in the Creature it is but a derivative from Gods power So Majesty is originally and fundamentally in God what-ever the Majesty of the Kings and Princes of this world is it is but a stream a ray issuing from the Majesty of God or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Magnificentia 70. as the Greek version hath it from his Magnificence We may discern the Majesty of God in every thing that he is or is spoken of him The Majesty of God is in his Greatnesse his is a Great Majesty The Majesty of God is in his Highnesse his is a High Majesty The Majesty of God is in his honour his is a most honourable Majesty the Majesty of God is in his Word he speaks with Majesty his is a most Majestical Word the Majesty of God is in Works Majesty is stampt and printed upon all that he doth What shall I say there is Majesty in the Wisdom of God and Majesty in the Justice of God and Majesty in the Goodness of God and Majesty in the Power of God there is Majesty in the Love of God and there is Majesty in the Wrath of God there is Majesty in the Truth and Faithfulness of God every thing God hath hath a Majesty in it therefore he is said Psal 93.1 to be clothed with Majesty Psal 96.6 Honour and Majesty are before him I saith David Psal 145.5 will speak of the glorious honour of thy Majesty and of thy wonderous works Every-where the Scripture sets forth the Majesty the wonderful Majesty of God Note Secondly Gods Majesty is a terrible Majesty The Majesty of Kings is dreadful and terrible but I may say the Majesty of Kings the Majesty of Solomon and of Ahashuerus the Majesty of Nebuchadnezzar and of Alexander either first in their Robes or secondly in their Buildings or thirdly in their Feastings or fourthly in their Followers and Attendants which four do chiefly hold out the Majesty of Princes is but a mean thing a very little thing a nothing in comparison of the Majesty the Glorious Majesty the terrible Majesty of God His is a terrible Majesty indeed And therefore they are rebuked Isa 26.10 Who will not behold the Majesty of the Lord. What not behold such a dreadful Majesty such a terrible Majesty The Scripture sets forth not only the Majesty but the terribleness of the Majesty of God read at leisure Deut. 7.21 Nehem. 9.32 Psal 47.2 Therefore say unto God how terrible art thou in thy works P● 66.3 Say this unto God for vers 5. He is terrible in his doings toward the children of men even to all sorts of men to the great as well as to the small to the high as well as to ●he low to Princes as well as to the People Psal 76.12 He is terrible to the Kings of the earth God is terrible in his Majesty to those who have the most terrible majesty And as the Lord can appear terrible out of all places so he is most terrible out of his holy places Psal 68.35 that is terrible Judgments are sent by God out of his Sanctuaries or holy places upon all them who prophane or despise who pollute or abuse ●his holy things Take these two Inferences from the consideration of the terrible Majesty of God First We need not fear the terribleness of any creature while we have the terrible Majesty of God with us As he hath been so still he is as the Prophet spake Isa 25.4 5. A strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from the storm a shadow from the heat when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall And therefore the Prophet concluded in the latter end of the 5th verse The branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low Secondly If God hath such terrible Majesty then as it is a comfort to his people against the terrible ones so what a terrour should this be to those who are not his people especially to those who are openly rebellious who kick against his Majesty and will not behold with reverence the Majesty of the Lord Let them remember With God is terrible Majesty The P●ophet foretels a day wherein the Majesty of the Lord will terrifie the most potent sinners and make them at their wits end Isa 2.10 12 19 21. Enter into the Rock and hide thee in the dust for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up and he shall be brought low it shall be upon the Cedars of Lebanon c. that is upon those that are high like the Cedars of Leba●an and strong like the Oaks of Bashan And they shall go into the holes of the Rocks and into the caves of the earth c. And why all this the Text answers vers 19. For fear of the Lord and for the glory of his Majesty when he shall arise to shake terribly the earth O the terribleness of Gods Majesty to all those who tremble not at his Majesty to the proud who are lifted up in their own thoug●ts who are high in their own imaginations yea the Majesty of the Lo d will be terrible to all impenitent sinners in that day I may say mo●e distinctly in these four dayes First In the day of Conscience or when their own Consciences are a terrour to them How sad is it for a man to have God and his own Conscience ter●ible to him at once When sinners are awakned when God sets their sins in order before them they are a terrour to themselves as it is said of Pashur Jer. 20.3 The

that man be swallowed up who over-boldly speaks to God about the great mysteries of providence or about any matter too high for him And therefore O Job thou hast not done well to speak so often of pleading with God and surely if any man after thy example speak complainingly of what God hath done or himself hath suffered at the hand of God he is sure to be undone He shall be swallowed up Hence observe Man is not able to bear the Glory and Majesty of God God dwels in the light which no man can approach unto 1 Tim. 6.16 Mans darkness is not able to comprehend Gods light if he venture too near it he will soon be swallowed up The vulgar Latine renders that place Proverbs 25.27 He that is a searcher of Majesty shall be oppressed by the Glory Qui persc●utator est ●●●●statis ●●●●metura gi●●i● Vulg. that is whosoever searcheth boldly into the Majesty of God shall be swallowed up by the Glory of God We translate that text in the Proverbs thus For men to search their own glory is no glory There is a truth in the former translation though it be not a true translation for a man that searcheth into the Majesty of God shall be overpowered with his Glory And as man is soon overpowered or swallowed up by the Majesty of God so also by and in the Mysteries of God Ch ●●● told his disciples John 16.12 That he had many things to say unto them which they were not able to bear If they who had received so much grace could not bear the deeper mysteries of the Gospel spoken to them by Christ cloathed with frail flesh how much lesse can any man bear the Majesty o● God in speaking to him or God speaking to him in his Majesty And so some translate and read the words of Elihu in the text under hand For if he speak man shall be devoured or swallowed up that is if God speak man who before thought himself Some-body or that he was able to reason with him will be quite confounded in himself by the infinite wisdom of God his tongue will faulter or cleave to the roof of his mouth and he rendered unable to speak one word in his own defence Moses Exod. 19.12 was commanded to set bounds about Mount Horeb that the people might not come too neer the reason was that the people might by those bounds be warned not to be curious or over-bold in their approaches to the Majesty of God nor over-busie in prying into his Secrets As if it had been said if you come to near you will be even swallowed up Moses repeating to the Israelites the terrible Majesty of God in giving the Law at Mount Horeb minds them in what a trembling frame they then were Deut. 5.24 25 26. And ye said behold the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire we have seen this day that God doth talk with man and he liveth which implieth that man in this life cannot bear the fuller manifestation of God and live Now therefore why should we die for this great fire will consume us if we hear the voice of God any more then we shall die What was this great fire It was God himself that is an extraordinary appearance of God who is several times in Scripture exprest by fire As if they had said We acknowledge that we have had wonderful condescention and mercy from God that we have heard him speak and live but that we live is not only a mercy but a miracle therefore we poor wormes dare not run the hazzard a second time if we hear him speak any more we shall die Therefore they desired Moses who in that was a type of Christ Gal. 3.19 to go near and be as a Mediator between them and God that they might not have to do with God immediately but receive the Law by his hand Such is the infinite Majesty of God though it will be our blessednesse in the next life for ever to enjoy it that here in this Life we are not able to receive it The Glory of God is so pure that man cloathed with corruptible flesh blood cannot sta d before it the very glimpses of it astonish and leave us for dead Rev. 1.16 17. Man must dye before he can see God and live his body must be glorified before he can bear that weight of glory which consists in beholding the face of God or in knowing him in our proportion as we are known 1 Cor. 13.12 But though as the Israelites there said of themselves we cannot hear God speak and live yet cannot we speak to God and live or and not be swallowed up I answer it in these three things First If a man speak to God as questioning his dealings with him or as calling God to an acc●●nt ●hich in som●●ence Job did and therein went beyond ●i li●e 〈◊〉 sh●ll be ●allowed up Secondly 〈…〉 ●k to God as presuming that he can c●●● 〈…〉 ●nd Go● o● all ●he dealings of God with 〈…〉 su●●ly be swallowed up The thoughts of 〈…〉 ●h●●gh●s and his wayes a●●ve our wayes as h gh ●s the 〈…〉 ●b●ve the earth Isa 55.9 Thi ●ly 〈…〉 speak to God in our own name or in a self-right 〈…〉 ●●n also we shall surely be swallowed up Job a● we h●v●●●●ui●●e● him before never attempted to speak to God in his own rig●●eousnesse though he often magnified his own righteousnesse both befo e and towards men Woe to all the righteousnesse of man before the most righteous God But Job was too bold according to the first answer in asking an account or a reason of God concerning his sufferings there was his failing and for that he received this check by Elihu If a man speak he shall be swallowed up The meanest the poorest believing soul may come and speak and speak boldly to God in the name of J sus Christ Heb. 4.16 Thus we may come and welcome co●ing thus we s●all no● be ● allowed up with the M●j●sty much l●sse ●ith the wrath or displeasure of God If coming thus we a●e swallowed up it will be only wi●h the love and favou● of God ●ith the g●odn●sse and kindnesse of God And to be swall●wed ●p thus will be the sweetest morsel that ever we swallowed even perfect blessednesse and life for evermore Wh●n once death is swallowed up in victo●y and mortality of li●e th●n shall we be swallowed up in glo●y And the●efore whatsoever the Lord doth with us or ours in this world let us be silent befo●e him humbly adoring his Soveraignty and Wisdom not in the least questioning either his Righteousnesse or his Goodnesse for if a man speak so Sur●ely he shall be dreadfully swallowed up JOB Chap. 37. Vers 21 22. 21. And now men see not the bright light which is in the Clouds but the wind passeth and cleanseth them 22. Fair weather cometh out of the