Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the middle of the years… 1. The Reformation was providential. It was the handwriting of God visible to men. 2. It was a reformation of the Church. It was a conten tion raised within, about, and by the Church. 3. It was a reformation of doctrine. It began on a point of doctrine. Its weapons were argument and learning. 4. It was a reformation of public worship. Here, most especially, it came in touch with the people. 5. It was a reformation of personal piety. If it had not led to this, all else would have been of little moment. But this it did. Upon us it devolves not to be heedless of the lessons of the Reformation, but to profit by them, and transmit them to others. (J. B. Remensnyder, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. |
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