Job Rebukes Bildad

      1Then Job responded,

2“What a help you are to the weak!
         How you have saved the arm without strength!

3“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
         What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!

4“To whom have you uttered words?
         And whose spirit was expressed through you?

The Greatness of God

5“The departed spirits tremble
         Under the waters and their inhabitants.

6“Naked is Sheol before Him,
         And Abaddon has no covering.

7“He stretches out the north over empty space
         And hangs the earth on nothing.

8“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
         And the cloud does not burst under them.

9“He obscures the face of the full moon
         And spreads His cloud over it.

10“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
         At the boundary of light and darkness.

11“The pillars of heaven tremble
         And are amazed at His rebuke.

12“He quieted the sea with His power,
         And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

13“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
         His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

14“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
         And how faint a word we hear of Him!
         But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

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And Job answereth and saith: -- Mosaic Cosmogony.
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Frederick Temple—Essays and Reviews: The Education of the World

The Principle of Life in the Creature.
"By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent."-- Job xxvi. 13. We have seen that the work of the Holy Spirit consists in leading all creation to its destiny, the final purpose of which is the glory of God. However, God's glory in creation appears in various degrees and ways. An insect and a star, the mildew on the wall and the cedar on Lebanon, a common laborer and a man like Augustine, are all the creatures of God; yet how dissimilar they are, and how varied …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

Whether Fear Remains in Heaven
Whether Fear Remains in Heaven We proceed to the eleventh article thus: 1. It seems that fear does not remain in heaven. For it is said in Prov. 1:33: " . . . shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil," and this is to be understood as referring to those who already enjoy wisdom in eternal blessedness. Now all fear is fear of evil, since evil is the object of fear, as was said in Arts. 2 and 5, and in 12ae, Q. 42, Art. 1. There will therefore be no fear in heaven. 2. Again, in heaven …
Aquinas—Nature and Grace

Whether the virtues of Heaven Will be Moved when Our Lord Shall Come?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

Whether Wisdom is the Greatest of the Intellectual virtues?
Objection 1: It would seem that wisdom is not the greatest of the intellectual virtues. Because the commander is greater than the one commanded. Now prudence seems to command wisdom, for it is stated in Ethic. i, 2 that political science, which belongs to prudence (Ethic. vi, 8), "orders that sciences should be cultivated in states, and to which of these each individual should devote himself, and to what extent." Since, then, wisdom is one of the sciences, it seems that prudence is greater than wisdom. …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

The Power of the Holy Ghost
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1: 1855

That the Self-Existent Being must be All-Powerful.
The self-existent being, the supreme cause of all things, must of necessity have infinite power.--This proposition is evident, and undeniable. For since nothing (as has been already proved,) can possibly be self-existent, besides himself; and consequently all things in the universe were made by him, and are entirely dependent upon him; and all the powers of all things are derived from him, and must therefore be perfectly subject and subordinate to him; it is manifest that nothing can make any difficulty …
Samuel Clarke—A Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of God

Use to be Made of the Doctrine of Providence.
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John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion

"Seek First the Kingdom of God," &C.
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Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

The Host of Heaven and of Earth.
"The Spirit of God hath made me."--Job xxxiii. 4. Understanding somewhat the characteristic note of the work of the Holy Spirit, let us see what this work was and is and shall be. The Father brings forth, the Son disposes and arranges, the Holy Spirit perfects. There is one God and Father of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ through whom are all things; but what does the Scripture say of the special work the Holy Spirit did in creation and is still doing? For the sake of order we examine …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

God Incomprehensible and Sovereign.
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Isaac Watts—Hymns and Spiritual Songs

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