A35537:1610
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 37 › Verses 1-2
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.
Now, Whether it be the noise of his voice, or a whispering soft sound, both or either must be attended; Hear attentively the sound That goeth out of his mouth.
Thunder is said to go out of the mouth of God, as words go out of the mouth of man; and as men, especially the minds of honest men, are known by the words which go out of their mouths, so God maketh himself known to the world, or makes the world both know him and fear him in his power and greatness by the noise and sound of thunder.
Elihu chargeth Job to attend diligently this noise, this sound, and he calleth it the noise of Gods voice, the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
Hence observe, First; God speaks to man in Thunder, or, Thunder is the voice of God to man: