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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 32-33
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Secondly, learn hence, In what dependence we are upon God for every thing. God can keep the light from us every day if he pleaseth, and wrap us up in perpetual darkness, as he plagued the Land of Egypt with thick darkness for three days together. 'Tis true, the Sun riseth and goeth down in a natural course, yet still ⟨p. 421⟩by a divine order and commission. As God can forbid the Light by interposing Clouds, so he can forbid the Clouds to give us showers, and bind up all the sweet influences of heaven from distilling upon the earth to make it fruitful. He can speak to our garments that they warm us not, to our food that it nourish us not, to our physic that it cure and heal us not, to all our relations that they comfort us not, to all our possessions and riches that they content us not. O let us remember that we depend upon God for Rain, for Light, for Sun-shine, for all; it is at his word that they all put themselves forth to do us good, and at his word they are all staid and stopped in their motion, from doing or bringing us any good.
Secondly, learn hence, In what dependance we are upon God for every thing. God can keep the light from us every day if he pleaseth, and wrap us up in perpetual darkness, as he plagued the Land of Egypt with thick darkness for three dayes together. 'Tis true, the Sun riseth and goeth down in a natural course, yet still ⟨p. 421⟩by a divine order and commission. As God can sorbid the Light by interposing Clouds, so he can sorbid the Clouds to give us showers, and bind up all the sweet influences of heaven from destilling upon the earth to make it fruitful. He can speak to our garments that they warm us not, to our food that it nourish us not, to our physick that it cure and heal us not, to all our relations that they comfort us not, to all our possessions and riches that they content us not. O let us remember that we depend upon God for Rain, for Light, for Sun-shine, for all; it is at his word that they all put themselves forth to do us good, and at his word they are all staid and stopt in their motion, from doing or bringing us any good.