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"Shall We Receive Good..." |
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"But
he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. "Shall
we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? as
all good things temporal and spiritual, the blessings of Providence; and
all natural, though not moral evil things, even all afflictions which
seem, or are thought to be evil, come from the mouth of God, and are
according to his purpose, counsel, and will; so they are all dispensed
by the hand of God, and should be kindly, cheerfully, readily, and
willingly received, the one as well as the other; see Lam_3:38. Job
suggests that he and his wife had received many good things from the
Lord, many temporal good things, as appears from Job_1:2; they had their
beings in him, and from him; they had been preserved in them by him;
they had had an habitation to dwell in, and still had; God had given
them food and raiment, wherewith it became them to be content; they had
had a comfortable family of children until this time, and much health of
body, Job till now, and his wife still, for ought appears; of their
former happy circumstances, see Job_29:1; and besides these outward
mercies, they had received God as their covenant God, their portion,
shield, and exceeding great reward; they had received Christ as their
living Redeemer; they had received the Spirit, and his grace, the root
of the matter was in them; they had received justifying, pardoning, and
adopting: grace, and a right unto and meetness for eternal life, which
all good men receive of God; and therefore such must expect to receive
evil things, or to partake of afflictions, since God has appointed these
for them, and has told them of them, that they shall befall them; and
beside they are for their profit and advantage; and the consideration of
the good things that have been received, and are now enjoyed, as well as
what they have reason to believe they shall enjoy in heaven to all
eternity, should make them ready and willing to bear evil things quietly
and patiently; see Heb_11:26; so Achilles in Homer (m) represents Jove
as having two vessels full of gifts, one of good things, the other of
evil, and sometimes he takes and gives the one, and sometimes the other." John Gill, Commentary on Job 2:10 |
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