...LECTURE IX. ON ".oil, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS. JOB xxxviii. 2, 8. Who it this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? Gird up now thy loins like a man : for I will demand ofthee, and answer thou Me. LECT. 1. WITH the eyes of the flesh it is impossible to behold — God...

...ask ; in English, demand signifies to claim, to ask with authority. When God says to Job, " Gird up thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me," we acknowledge the propriety of the word ; for God speaks with authority. But when Job says to God,...

...of the Creator himself. " The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou...understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, or who hath stretched the line upon it, whereupon are the foundations fastened, or who laid the corner-stone,...

...himself. Every evening and every morning, he is disposed to exclaim with Job — " " Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Declare if thou hast understanding, who hath laid the measure thereof, if thou hnowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon art the foundations...

...pride, those difficult questions of the Lord in the book of Job : " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? Gird up now thy loins...and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundation of the earth 1 Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof,...

...length God himself interfered, and said, ' If thou art so wise as to be able to fathom everything, gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.' On which Job however reversed the matter, and said, ' I have uttered that I understood not ; things...

...pride, those difficult questions of the Lord in the book of Job : " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? Gird up now thy loins...and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundation of the earth ? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof,...

...but to call to mind what we are, and we shall see at once the foolishness of murmuring against God. " Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." Whatever pains we take to prepare, we shall find it hopeless for man to answer God. " Where wast thou...

...to be girded is the part of a waking soul, hearken to what God says to that righteous .lob 38, man, Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me. This He says also to all Saints, and this He says again to Moses. And He Himself also Ezek. 9, appears...

...still, and ever will continue to have, not merely a figurative or poetical, but a literal application. Gird up now thy loins like a man : for I will demand...of the earth ? Declare, if thou hast understanding . . . Wliereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner-stone thereof; when...