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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 9-11
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Thy dly, The Lord sends the wind to break and overthrow all that stands before it. What doth not the whirlwind overthrow? Houses and Trees at Land are blown down; Goodly Ships at Sea, richly laden, have been sunk and over-set by tempestuous winds. God sent a whirlwind out of his treasure, which caused the Mariners in Jonah to cast their Merchandise into the Sea, and Jonah himself too. What cross and tempestuous winds did the Apostle Paul meet with in his voyage to Rome (Acts 27.)
Thi dly, The Lord sends the wind to break and overthrow all that st•nds before it. What doth not the whi•lwind overthrow? Houses and Trees at Land are blown down; Goodly Ships at Sea, richly laden, have been sunk and over-set by tempestuous winds. God sent a whirlwind out of his treasure, which caused the Mariners in Jonah to cast their Merchandize into the Sea, and Jonah himself too. What cross and tempestuous winds did the Apostle Paul meet with in his voyage to Rome (Acts 27.)
Further, That the Lord bringeth the winds out of his treasure, is matter of great comfort to all that have an interest in the Lord; He can command the winds for them, and against their enemies; the wind cometh out of his Chamber, and it shall do as he commandeth. It is said (Nahum 1.3.) The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet: That is, he ruleth whirlwinds, he walks in and works by the whirlwind, and by storms. And as we may take it properly, so metaphorically; that i•••in the most tempestuous dispensations and providences, when the world is, as it were, in an Hurricane, as boisterous winds in some places are called. In the greatest concussi•n• and confusions, whether of things or persons, the Lord carrieth on his work in a regular course. As the great tossings of the air by natural winds, so the greatest tossings of affairs by the stong and various passions of mens spirits in the wold (which we may call civill winds, yea whirlwinds) are under the ordering of divine power and wisdom. The Prophet (