Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 25:2
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Job25:2
2. Dominion and fear , are with him , he maketh peace in his high places.
i. e. Absolute and sovereign power over all persons and things, with whom to contend, is both rebellion and madness.
Actively understood, or terrour, i. e. that which justly makes him dreadfull to all men, and especially to all that shall undertake to dispute with him; awful Majesty, infinite knowledge, whereby he knows men's hearts and ways, far better than they know themselves, and sees much s[illegible: 1+ letters]n in them which themselves do not discover, and exact purity and justice, which renders him formidable to sinners.
Emphatically spoken▪ with him whom thou challengest, with him who is not lightly and irreverently to be named▪ much less to be contended with. And therefore it is thy duty to humble thy self for thy presumptuous words and carriages towards him, and quietly and modestly to submit thy self and thy cause to his pleasure. This Clause, as well as the following Verse, seems to be added to prove what he last said of God's dominion and dreadfulness: He keepeth and ruleth all persons and things in Heaven in peace and harmony, and the order which he hath established among them. The Angels though they be very numerous and differing in orders and ministeries, do all own his Soveraignty, and acquiesce in his Pleasure, without any disputing and murmuring. The Stars and heavenly Bodies though va[illegible: 1+ letters]t in their bulk, and various in their motions, yet exactly keep their courses and the order which God hath appointed them: And therefore it is great folly and impudence to exempt thy self from God's jurisdiction, or to quarrel with the methods of God's dealings with thee.
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