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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.
Lastly, As to the special aim of Job, we see what a proof we have of the omnipotency of God, He is great in power, and mighty in strength; Why, because he can stop the Sun? He that can stay the Sun, what can he not do? We say to men that attempt impossibilities, Climb up to the Moon; it is more to stay the Sun, than to climb the moon. And if the Lord be able to overcome this difficulty, what difficulty can he not overcome? Here's a clear proof of the infinite power and wisdom of God,1 He speaks to the Sun, and it riseth not. And He sealeth up the stars.
Lastly, As to the speciall aim of Job, we see what a proof we have of the omnipotency of God, He is great in power, and mighty in strength; Why, because he can stop the Sunne? He that can stay the Sunne, what can he not doe? We say to men that attempt impossibilities, Climb up to the Moon; it is more to stay the Sun, than to climb the moon. And if the Lord be able to overcome this difficulty, what difficulty can he not overcome? Here's a clear proof of the infinite power and wisdome of God,1 He speaks to the Sunne, and it riseth not. And He sealeth up the stars.
- 1Qui efficit noctem & diem, nam donec oritur sol est, nox & adveniente die quasi obsignatae occultantur stellae Ju•.
The Sun is the light of the day, the stars the light of the night. He sealeth up the stars. Some take it to be a Periphrasis, or a description of night and day, because till the Sun riseth it is night, and ⟨p. 197⟩when day appears, the stars are sealed up, or disappear: The Sun riseth, and the stars are obscured, we see them not: So the former clause, He commandeth the Sun, and it riseth not, is a description of the night; and this later, he sealeth up the stars, is a description of the day. The plain sense of both being this, He maketh both night and day.