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... which sometimes were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah ; || which words refer to those in Genesis, and are the best key unto them, and comment on them. I proceed to consider, II.
However, to show his clemency and forbearance, he grants them a reprieve for one hundred and twenty years ; which is that long- suffering of God the apostle speaks of, that waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing.
... care of them than of oxen, or the fowls of the air, in a providential way ; though they despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance, and long-suffering ; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth them to re- X Whitby, p.
... the intent of this is to show the ingratitude of the Jews, in the midst of many favours bestowed on them, and the patience and long- suffering of God towards them, and to vindicate his justice in their ruin as a nation. 2.
The sufferings and death of Christ were absolutely and peremptorily decreed by God, and yet Christ as man desired that, if it was possible, the cup might pass from him ; and so he might wish as man for the temporal happiness of this ...
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The Cause of God and Truth: In Four Parts with a Vindication of Part IV John Gill Limited preview - 2001 |