(6) В¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, (7) Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. (8) Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? (9) Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (10) Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. (11) Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold everyone that is proud, and abase him. (12) Look on everyone that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. (13) Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. (14) Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
There is a great deal of gospel in those verses of the LORD. Is it not in the same way and manner, that the LORD now brings sinners to a sense of sin, when he thus darts conviction into their minds? Oh! how blessed, how condescending, how gracious is it, when GOD thus sets up a tribunal in the conscience, to make them sensible of the riches of his grace. And what the LORD saith, in the conclusion of this expostulation, is in fact said to every convinced sinner, 'If man could justify himself on those points, then might he as easily save himself.' Reader, do not overlook, I beseech you, what is the most blessed part of this discourse, how by such gracious means the LORD is preparing for the cordial reception of redemption by JESUS.