A35537:1900
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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Sixthly, Learn hence the greatness and the sovereignty of God, say as they did admiringly (Math. 8.27.) Who is this, that both the Winds, and Seas, and Clouds obey him! None of the words of the Lord shall fall to the ground, as an Arrow or Dart that misseth th• Mark, or as water spilt, that cannot be gathered up again; which latter allusion is specially intimated (1 Sam. 3.12, 19.) Here in the Text Elihu sets forth the Power and Sovereignty of God, having all creatures at his beck and command, as hath been showed already from other passages in this Book, and more will occur hereafter. The Sovereignty of God over men can never be duly acknowledged, till we acknowledge his Sovereignty over Winds and Rain, Hail and Snow, which lye in the Bowels and bosom of the clouds, and from thence are dispensed to the earth, at the will of God.
Sixthly, Learn hence the greatness and the soveraignty of God, say as they did admiringly (Math. 8.27.) Who is this, that both the Winds, and Seas, and Clouds obey him! None of the words of the Lord shall fall to the ground, as an Arrow or Dart that misseth th• Mark, or as water spilt, that cannot be gathered up again; which latter allusion is specially intimated (1 Sam. 3.12, 19.) Here in the Text Elihu sets forth the Power and Soveraignty of God, having all creatures at his beck and command, as hath been shewed already from other passages in this Book, and more will occurr hereafter. The Soveraignty of God over men can never be duly acknowledged, till we acknowledge his Soveraignty over Winds and Rain, Hail and Snow, which lye in the Bowels and bosome of the clouds, and from thence are dispenced to the earth, at the will of God.