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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
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Thirdly, The heavens and those heavenly bodies, Arcturus &c. are but general causes, there are special causes besides of the earths barrenness or fruitfulness, of tempests at sea and troubles at land; and the Lord is able to invert all causes, to work beyond causes, without causes and against causes: So that nothing can be infallibly fore-told from the positions, conjunctions or revolutions of those heavenly bodies.
Thirdly, The heavens and those heavenly bodies, Arcturus &c. are but generall causes, there are speciall causes besides of the earths barrennesse or fruitfulnesse, of tempests at sea and troubles at land; and the Lord is able to invert all causes, to work beyond causes, without causes and against causes: So that nothing can be infallibly fore-told from the positions, conjunctions or revolutions of those heavenly bodies.
Lastly, Observe, That it is our duty to study the heavens, and be acquainted with the stars.
In them the wonderful works of God are seen, and a sober knowledge in nature may be an advantage unto grace. Holy David ⟨p. 221⟩was such a student (Psal. 8.3.) When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the Moon and the Stars which thou hast ordained. Consideration is not a transient or accidental, but a resolved and a deliberate act. Shall we think that God hath made those mighty bodies, the stars, to be past by without consideration? Shall men only pore upon a lump of earth, and not have their hearts lifted up to consider those lamps of light? Shall man make no more use of the stars then the beasts of the earth do, namely to see by them? When I consider thy heavens, saith David. Heaven is the most considerable of all inanimate creatures, and more considerable then most of the animate: and, Davids, when, when I consider the heavens, notes not only a certainty, that he did it, but frequency in doing it. Some of the Rabbins tell us, that when Isaac went out into the field to meditate (