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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, We may carry it further, for when he saith, It riseth not, we need not take it strictly, as if the Sun were staid from making day at all; but, it may note any stop or sudden disappearing of the Sun. The Suns rising is the Suns appearing;1 and when the Sun disappeareth, or is hidden, it is to us, as if the Sun were not risen. Thus God hath actually more then once, given out a command to the Sun, not to rise. Lavater (in his comment upon this place) reports, that in the year 1585. March 12th, such a darkness fell upon the earth, that the fowls went to roost at noon, as if it had been Sun setting, and all the common people thought the day of judgement was come. That of the Prophet is true in the letter, as well as in the figure (Amos 4.13.) He maketh the morning darkness: And (Chap. 5.8.) He turneth the shadow of ⟨p. 190⟩death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night. The holy story records one famous act of God commanding the Sun to stand still (Josh. 10.12.) When Joshua was in pursuit of his enemies, he prayed that the day might not hasten down: Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon, And the Sun stood still, &c. Joshua speaks as if himself could command the Sun, Sun, stand thou still; he talks to the Sun, as to his servant, or child, stand still. It was indeed at the voice of Joshua, but by the word and power of God, that the Sun stood still. So the Text resolves, There was no day like that before it, or after it (no day so long as that) that the Lord hearkened to the voice of a man. So then, the Lord hearkened to the voice of a man, and then the S•••• hearkened to the voice of a man: First, the Lord hearkened, and then the Sun hearkened, that is, by a command from God at the request of a man the Sun stood still.
Secondly, We may carry it further, for when he saith, It riseth not, we need not take it strictly, as if the Sunne were staid from making day at all; but, it may note any stop or sudden disappearing of the Sunne. The Sunnes rising is the Suns appearing;1