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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, Take heavens for the visible heavens. I intend not to stay upon philosophical considerations, only what the Scripture holds forth; we find heavens put, first for the starry heavens or the firmament, where the stars have their motion, that's the heaven meant (Gen. 1.17. Psal. 8.7. Psal. 19.1.) This, according to the doctrine of Astronomers, is distinguished into several orbs and spheres, in seven of which seven special stars are said to move, and all the rest to be fixed in the eighth.
Secondly, Take heavens for the visible heavens. I intend not to stay upon philosophicall considerations, only what the Scripture holds forth; we finde heavens put, first for the starry heavens or the firmament, where the stars have their motion, that's the heaven meant (Gen. 1.17. Psal. 8.7. Psal. 19.1.) This, a•cording to the doctrine of Astronomers, is distinguished into severall orbs and sphears, in seven of which seven speciall starres are said to move, and all the rest to be fixed in the eighth.
The Apostle Jude seems to give a hint of those planetical orbs (Jude v. 13.) where he justly reproacheth unsettled spirits by the name of wandering stars or planets, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
The Apostle Jude seems to give a hint of those planeticall orbs (