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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 12-13
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Hence note; Clouds are sent about work; there's somewhat to be done by every Cloud.
Hence note; Clouds are sent about work; there's somwhat to be done by every Cloud.
God will not have a Vapour arise, nor a Cloud stir for nothing, he commands them to be doing. And if God send Clouds abroad to work, much more doth he send man forth into the world to do work, & appoints him what work to do. The first Man was no sooner made, and set up in a state of created perfection, but he was presently set to work, he must be doing (Gen. 2.15.) And the Lord God took the man (or Adam) and put him into the Garden of Eden, to dress and to till it. From the Angels in Heaven to the worms that creep upon the earth, there's no creature but hath somewhat to do; yea, not only the living and rational creatures, but (as here in the Text) the very inanimate creatures, the senseless creatures, the Clouds, have somewhat to do, God sends them forth upon his business. Every creature hath a service, hath somewhat to do: And therefore, it will be ill with those whom God finds idle, or doing nothing, or nothing to any good purpose. That servant had been doing, to whom Christ in the Pa•able is represented thus speaking at the last day, Well done good and faithful Servant.
God will not have a Vapour arise, nor a Cloud stir for nothing, he commands them to be doing. And if God send Clouds abroad to work, much more doth he send man forth into the world to do work, & appoints him what work to do. The first Man was no sooner made, and set up in a state of created perfection, but he was presently set to work, he must be doing (Gen. 2.15.) And the Lord God took the man (or Adam) and put him into the Garden of Eden, to dress and to till it. From the Angels in Heaven to the worms that creep upon the earth, there's no creature but hath somwhat to do; yea, not only the living and rational creatures, but (as here in the Text) the very inanimate creatures, the senseless creatures, the Clouds, have somwhat to do, God sends them forth upon his business. Every creature hath a service, hath somwhat to do: And therefore, it will be ill with those whom God finds idle, or doing nothing, or nothing to any good purpose. That servant had been doing, to whom Christ in the Paable is represented thus speaking at the last day, Well done good and faithful Servant.