3. But our God is in the heavens—where he should be; above the reach of mortal sneers, overhearing all the vain janglings of people, but looking down with silent scorn upon the makers of the babel. Supreme above all opposing powers, the Lord reigns upon a throne high and lifted up. Incomprehensible in essence, he rises above the loftiest thought of the wise; absolute in will and infinite in power, he is superior to the limitations which belong to earth and time. This God is our God, and we are not ashamed to own him, albeit he may not work miracles at the beck and call of every vainglorious boaster who may choose to challenge him.
He hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Up till this moment his decrees have been fulfilled, and his eternal purposes accomplished; he has not been asleep, nor oblivious of human affairs; he has worked, and he has worked effectually; none have been able to thwart, nor even so much as to hinder him. However distasteful to his enemies, the Lord has accomplished all his good pleasure without difficulty; even when his adversaries raved and raged against him they have been compelled to carry out his designs against their will.
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