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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.
In the verse immediately before, we heard of the power of God in stretching out the heavens; and in this we have his excellent skill, and infinite wisdom displayed in adorning, decking and beautifying those heavens which he had stretched forth. He hath not only drawn out a vast piece of work,1 like a large Canopy (such are the heavens) but he hath embroidered this Canopy, and set it with rich sparkling stones; he hath made several engravings, images, figures, and representations upon it.
In the verse immediately before, we heard of the power of God in stretching out the heavens; and in this we have his excellent skill, and infinite wisdome displaied in adorning, decking and beautifying those heavens which he had stretched forth. He hath not only drawn out a vast piece of work,1 like a large Canopy (such are the heavens) but he hath embroidered this Canopy, and set it with rich sparkling stones; he hath made severall engravings, images, figures, and representations upon it.
- 1In astrorū pulchritudine, situ, ordine, vi, stupendiso in haec infortora operationibus, admirabilis prorsus creatoris magnificentia & magnitudo plurimū clucet. Bold.In astrorū pulchritudine, situ, ordine, vi, stupendiso in haec infortora operationibus, admirabilis prorsus creatoris magnificentia & magnitudo plurimū clucet. Bold.
Or we may make the connection with the later clause of the former verse. Job having said that the Lord treadeth upon the high waves of the sea; that when the seas are most stormy and tempestuous, they are at his command, and that their confusions are under his Empire and order; he adds this verse by way of answer to a possible ⟨p. 207⟩