Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Ver. 6. Under the mighty hand of God] If God can blow us to destruction,Job 4:9, nod us to destruction, Psalms 18:16, what is the weight of that mighty hand of his that spans the heavens and holds the earth in the hollow of them?
That he may exalt you] The lower the ebb, the higher is the tide. A deluge of sorrows may assault us, but they shall exalt as. And the lower the foundation of virtue is laid, the higher shall the roof of glory be overlaid.
In due time] In the opportunity of time, in a fit season. The very Turks, though remorseless to those that bear up, yet receive humiliation with much sweetness.