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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 29-31
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, There were tabernacles for military use, soldiers tents, or tabernacles. As the whole heavens, so the clouds especially may be called the tabernacle of God in both respects; they a•e his house, wherein he sits unseen, and doth wonders all the wo•ld over; in them he showeth his power, and appears gloriously, and as a great Prince or mighty General he sends out his edicts and orders from the clouds, he commands winds, storms, tempests, snow & hail for several dispensations to go from thence, according as his own infinite wisdom seeth fit, and the cases of men require, whether in ways of Judgment or of mercy; as Elihu tells us, yet more distinctly, at the 31th verse, For by them (saith he) judgeth he the people, he giveth meat in abundance. The clouds are very fit and commodious for Gods use in any of these respects; either for the terrifying and punishing of the wicked, or, for the helping and feeding of them that fear him. Now forasmuch ⟨p. 409⟩as the clouds are called the tabernacle of God upon these accounts,
Secondly, There were tabernacles for military use, souldiers tents, or tabernacles. As the whole heavens, so the clouds especially may be called the tabernacle of God in both respects; they a•e his house, wherein he sits unseen, and doth wonders all the wo•ld over; in them he sh•weth his power, and appears glo•iously, and as a great P•ince or mighty General he sends out his edicts and orders from the clouds, he commands winds, stormes, tempests, snow & haile for several dispensations to go from thence, according as his own infinite wisdom seeth fit, and the cases of men require, whether in wayes of Judgment or of mercy; as Elihu tells us, yet more distinctly, at the 31th verse, For by them (saith he) judgeth he the people, he giveth meat in abundance. The clouds are very fit and commodious for Gods use in any of these respects; either for the terrifying and punishing of the wicked, or, for the helping and feeding of them that fear him. Now forasmuch ⟨p. 409⟩