A35537:1726
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.
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.
The Snow falls in silver showers every year, and covers the face of the earth; All men behold it, but few understand either what it is, or why it is sent. Take this brief description of it from the School of Nature.
The Snow falls in silver showres every year, and covers the face of the earth; All men behold it, but few understand either what it is, or why it is sent. Take this brief description of it from the Schoole of Nature.