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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
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Secondly, That Snow being so exceeding cold, doth yet by Gods Command fall in some very h•t Countries, even in the hottest of Summer. Geographers tell us of Snow in many places of Tartary, which are extremely hot.
Secondly, That Snow being so exceeding cold, do•h yet by Gods Command fall in some very h•t Countries, even in the hottest of Sommer. Geog•aphers tell us of Snow in many places of Tartary, which are extreamly hot.
Thirdly, they give this as a Wonder, That whereas it never Snows at all upon the Main Ocean, yet there is an Island spoken of by Pliny, 1called (Nivaria from Nix) the Snow Isle, which, though compassed with the Sea, is always covered with Snow.
Thirdly, they give this as a VVonder, That whereas it never Snows at all upon the Main Ocean, yet there is an Island spoken of by Pliny, 1called (Nivaria from Nix) the Snow Isle, which, though compassed with the Sea, is alwayes covered with Snow.
- 1Plin. lib. 6. cap. 32. Nat. Histor.
Fourthly, this is given as a Wonder, That Snow being so apt to melt by heat, yet Mount Aetna, which is full of Sulphur, and casts out flames of fire continually, hath the Head of it hidden continually under or covered with a Cap of now.