Matthew Poole and continuators on Habakkuk 3:4

4 And his brightness was as the light , he had horns coming out of his hand , and there was the hiding of his power .

That Lustre in which God appeared, that unparallel'd splendour which shined from him.

Pure, clear as the Sun, but much more dazling and overcoming.

Some read it Beams or Rayes of Light, and so the H[illegible: 1 letter]b. will bear, and thus 'tis plain.

Our God is all Glory and Light, Moses face shined, the Face, yea, Hands of our God, shine with Glorious Light; He dwelleth in Light.

Either in that place where he thus appeared, or in that Light wherewith he appeared.

One would think his brightness should have discovered, not hid his Power, it did both it discovered much of it, but hid much more; it was Light inaccessible, and therefore a hiding Light.

Strength or might, by what was there done it did evidently appear, God who was there could do much more, but it could not appear how much he could do.

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