Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 3:14
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Ecclesiastes3:14
14 I know that whatsoever God doth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it : and God doth it, that men should fear before him .
All God's counsels or decrees are eternal and unchangeable, and his providence works effectually, so as men cannot resist or hinder it.
Men can neither do any thing besides or against God's Counsel, and Providence, nor hinder any work or act of it.
Not that men should make this an occasion of despair, or idleness, or dissoluteness, as some abuse this Doctrine, but that by the consideration of his Soveraign and irresistible power in the disposal of all Persons and things as pleaseth him, men should learn to trust in him, to submit to him, to fear to offend or rebel against him, and more carefully and industriously to study to please him.
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