Job 3

He plots with the one, and pushes with the other. But at death the godly shall be freed from the molestations of the wicked; they shall never be pestered with these vermin more (Job 3:17). There (namely, in the grave) the wicked cease from troubling.

The Devil setting in with melancholy, causes a sad eclipse in the soul; it begins to think, God has shut up the springs of mercy, and there is no hope. Hereupon, Satan gets farther advantage of a troubled spirit, sometimes he puts the troubled soul upon sinful wishes and execrat…

So here; Christ, God and man, knowing that he was to bear the terrors of the first and second death, does act over beforehand (the time being near) the sorrow and anguish of heart that he was to suffer in his extreme sufferings: as it were good, before the cross come, to act it…

And yet, this was not all it did for you, before you sawest this world. It preserved you, as well as formed you in the womb: else you hadst been as those Embryo's Job speaks of, Job 3. 11, 12. that never saw the light. Abortives go for nothing in the world, and there are multitu…

We leave them now silent, waiting for a time to attempt and accomplish the other end: they miserably failed in that, it was to comfort him, but they proved miserable comforters: which in the progress and process of this book, will receive a large and full discovery. Job 3:1, 2,…

5. It makes us fit for death and eternity. The grave is a quiet place, there the wicked cease from troubling (Job 3:17). Those that were most troublesome are there bound to the peace; and their hatred and envy (those great troublemakers) are there perished (Ecclesiastes 9:6).

Tearing wrath, Psalm 50:22. Surprizing wrath, Job 20. 23. And abiding wrath, Job 3. 36. In this case no Creature can relieve, all are Physicians of no value; some under these terrors, have thought Hell more tolerable, and by a violent hand have thrust themselves out of the World…

When men are vexed with the world, they look upon death as a relief, to take vengeance upon God, to deprive him of a servant. 2. In deep sorrow, as Job 3:3, Elijah, 1 Kings 19:4: He requested for himself, that he might die; and he said, It is enough, now, O Lord, take away my li…

As there is the peace of God, so there is the peace of Satan, but they are easily known, for they are as contrary as Heaven and Hell, as light and darkness. The peace of God flows from a work of grace in the soul, and is the peace of a regenerate state; but the peace of Satan is…

These troubled Seas (as the Prophet calls them) will be casting forth their foam and mire upon the godly; and well then may a believer say his Nunc dimittis, Lord, now let Thou Thy servant depart. Death gives a child of God his quietus est, it sends him a Writ of ease, Job 3. 17…

Troubles and vexations are some of the thorns with which the earth is cursed. But in the Grave, a Believer has his quietus est; There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest, Job 3.17. God will shortly wipe away all tears. Revelation 7.17.

David is often fainting in misery, yet by and by revived. Therefore there is good cause why the consideration of repentance and the combat should go together, that no man, after he has begun to repent, might dream of ease to his flesh, as though we should go to heaven in beds of…

The Two Men: Seen! why the valley itself, which is as dark as pitch: we also saw there the hobgoblins, satyrs, and dragons of the pit: we heard also in that valley a continual howling and yelling, as of a people under unutterable misery, who there sat bound in affliction and iro…

A man may want his desires, and yet want neither life nor heat: A tree may want leaves and fruit, and yet want neither sap nor moisture: A man's faith may be somewhat strong, when his feeling is nothing at all. David was justified and sanctified, and yet wanted this joy; and so…

It is said (Isaiah 33:14): 'The sinners in Zion are afraid, trembling surprises the hypocrite,' — namely, under the apprehension of approaching calamities: and it is true also, the saints in Zion may be afraid. 'My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgment…

Faith observes what our daily corruptions are, how soon this or that passion is stirred up, what vanities in our minds, what uncircumcision in our lips, how barren and unfruitful in good conference to help ourselves and others, and it gathers these up against the next opportunit…

And suppose God will not give you a spirit of grace, for any love's sake you discern in God toward you, and any neighborly and fatherly care he has over you, yet if God give you but a heart to feel your own want, and thirst after it, when you ask such bread for your souls, he wi…