Zephaniah 2

A meek and quiet spirit, is before God, a thing much set by. Thirdly, God has made excellent promises to them that are of a meek and humble spirit, that he will guide them in judgment, and teach them his ways (Psalm 25:9), that they shall be hid in the day of the Lord's wrath (Z…

Next, Let us consider what this case does suppose, and include in it, and we shall find That it supposeth the people of God to have a foresight of troubles and distresses approaching and drawing near to them: I confess 'tis not always so, for many of our afflictions, as well as…

Your prayers are to be suitable to your conditions: sometimes we are called to praise, sometimes to humiliation. In the way of his Judgements you are to wait for him, Isaiah 26:8 to prepare to meet him, Zeph. 2. 1, 2. Amos 4:12 Now your business is, to turn away his anger which…

If pride, lust, oppression abound, God will hear the cry, and will quench the fire of sin with a shower of blood. Objection. 2. Zephaniah 2. 1. I will search Jerusalem with candles. Implying, that something is hid out of his reach.

If nature teaches to prepare for temporal life, much rather Grace should provoke to greater care, soul food in time to gather. (Jeremiah 8:7; Matthew 16:26) Days of affliction, and distress are hastening on apace, If now I live in carelessness; how sad will be my case! (Zephania…

In the day of the Lord's anger, the meek of the earth are most likely to be secured. It may be you shall be hidden, so runs the promise (Zephaniah 2:3). If any be, you shall — you stand fairest for special protections.

1. That we must seek meekness. This command we have (Zephaniah 2:3), and (which is especially observable) it is directed to the meek of the earth: seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth: — seek meekness. Though they were meek, and were pronounced so by him that searches the he…

Must we not needs say, this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? The several false religions of the heathen with their various superstitions and idolatries, though they gave very little opposition one to another, but agreed together well enough, yet having no f…

He speaks doubtfully. (Zephaniah 2:3) It may be you shall be hid in the day of the Lord's fierce anger. (Amos 5:15) Hate the evil, and love the good; it may be the Lord God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

It is the pride of the oppressor which God takes notice of, his puffing, scoffing and mocking at the hopes of God's despised ones; he never dreams of any checks from any, but despises and contemns all. And partly, because of the insulting over their misery and low estate (Zephan…

God's justice is peremptory in punishing, and therefore they must be as peremptory in abandoning their lusts; they cannot avoid the justice of the Lord, and therefore they must avoid their sins. Whatever deluded hope they had formerly of God's connivance, now they see themselves…

Use 2. Let me beseech all Christians to labor to be eminent in this excellent grace of meekness. Zephaniah 2:3: Seek meekness. Seeking implies we have lost it; therefore we must make an earnest search to find it.

It is the breakneck of souls. Zephaniah 2:9, 10. Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, etc. this shall they have for their pride. The Doves (says Pliny) take a pride in their feathers, and in their flying high, at last they fly so high that they are a prey to the Hawk.

My friends, a day of trouble is near, a dying hour approaches us, and when our eye-strings, and heart-strings are breaking, when we are taking the last grasp of Christ and the promises, you will then know to what purpose those hours spent in such work as this were. Search yourse…