Job 33

Job 33:14

For God speaketh once, yea twice, but man perceiveth it not.

Many times and divers ways, doth God solicit and admonish men; yet, such is the dulness and security of their hearts, that they either do not or will not hear and understand him. XXXIII. 16, 17. Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instructions. That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. Then, and by these means, he causeth men to hear, and imprinteth in their heart his instructions; that he may prevail with man, to withdraw him from those evil courses and resolutions, which he hath undertaken; and that he may convince him of his proud and insolent conceits, which he hath harboured in himself. XXXIII. 23, 24. If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. When a man is thus soundly humbled, if a faithful messenger and minister of God, which is not easy and common to be found, shall shew that man his true estate, both in the truth of his repentance and in the safety of his faithful dependence upon his All-sufficient Redeemer; then will God be gracious to that man, and will administer seasonable comforts to his soul, and say, This man shall be delivered from hell; I have found perfect and absolute atonement and ransom for him, in the blood of that Saviour in whom he hath believed.