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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.
Thirdly, The swiftness of their motion, that these mighty vast bodies should be carried about every day, so long a journey, and never tire or wear, shows infinite power and wisdom.
Thirdly, The swiftnesse of their motion, that these mighty vast bodies should be carried about every day, so long a journey, and never tire or wear, shews infinite power and wisdom.
Fourthly, This is more admirable, the exact order of their motion. That innumerable stars should move continually in the heavens, and yet not one of them move out of course: this regularity of their motion is settled by an ordinance of heaven (Jer. 31.35.) where the Lord, to assure his people that he would be steady and steadfast in the ways of his love to them, and that he would not cast them off, tells them that he would be as firm to them in his Covenant, as he is in the ordinances of heaven: Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the Sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the Moon and of the stars, for a light by night, &c. As if he had said, I have made a statute and a decree which is irrepealable and irrevocable concerning the motion of the stars. There is an ordinance of heaven for it: so that as the celestial bodies cannot but continue the course I have assigned them for the enlightening of these inferior parts, while the world lasts: So the Covenant which I have made with you shall not fail to give you light. Thus he infers in the next verse, If these ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then shall the seed of Israel also cease from being a Nation before me for ever; but that cannot be, I have established these stars by a firm and perpetual decree; therefore you are much more established.
Fourthly, This is more admirable, the exact order of their motion. That innumerable stars should move continually in the heavens, and yet not one of them move out of course: this regularity of their motion is setled by an ordinance of heaven (Jer. 31.35