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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 37 › Verses 6-8
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.
That causal particle [for] in the front of this verse, imports a reason, or an account given in these words, of what was s•id before at the 5th verse, God doth great things which we cannot comprehend; then presently followeth, for he saith to the Snow, &c. As if Elihu had said, not only are Thunder and Lightning, but Snow and Rain to be numbered and reckoned among the great and marvellous works of God; for he saith to the Snow.
That causal particle [for] in the front of this verse, imports a reason, or an account given in these words, of what was s•id before at the 5th verse, God doth great things which we cannot comprehend; then presently followeth, for he saith to the Snow, &c. As if Elihu had said, not only are Thunder and Lightning, but Snow and Rain to be numbred and reckoned among the great and marveilous works of God; for he saith to the Snow.
He saith;
That is, as hath been showed already, he commandeth. What God saith, shall be, must be, his words are laws, he saith to, or commandeth the Snow. Not only doth God give commands to rational creatures, men & Angels, but to mere sensitive creatures, the beasts and to senseless creatures, to vegetives or plants, yea, to inanimates, to things without any life at all, such are Snow and Rain; yet, as if Snow and Rain had an ear to hear, & an understanding to mind a command from God, the text represents God speaking to these, He saith to the Snow, &c.
That is, as hath been shewed already, he commandeth. What God saith, shall be, must be, his words are laws, he saith to, or commandeth the Snow. Not only doth God give commands to rational creatures, men & Angels, but to meer sensitive creatures, the beasts and to senseless creatures, to vegetives or plants, yea, to inanimates, to things without any life at all, such are Snow and Rain; yet, as if Snow and Rain had an ear to hear, & an understanding to mind a command from God, the text represents God speaking to these, He saith to the Snow, &c.