Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
To conversion he joins prayer; for we cannot be reconciled to God except he buries our sins; nor can repentance and faith be separated. Moreover, to taste of God’s mercy opens to us the door of prayer. And this ought to be carefully noticed, because the unbelieving seem at times to be very busy in seeking to return to God’s favor, but they only attend...
No design of man comes to pass unless God ordains it; the Chaldeans said they would destroy Jerusalem, but it happened because God commanded it. Men are tools in God's hands, managing themselves as He pleases, and nothing they contrive succeeds unless His counsel determined it beforehand.
AI summary
Commenting on Lamentations 3:37-41
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. Had given them up into the hands of the Gentiles, the Chaldeans, to be treated as the dirt of the streets, as the sweepings of a house; or the dross of metal; or anything that is vile, mean, and contemptible.