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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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Fourthly, Forasmuch as the latter word for mercy, seems to imply that special favour which God bestows upon his own people, in sending forth the Clouds with Rain; therefore by His land I rather conceive the earth in general is meant; or yet, to take it more particularly, that part of the earth which no man claims, which is scarce habitable by man, that which is a wast Wilderness or Desert for wild beasts, that Land which is overgrown with Trees and Bushes, a Land which no man dresseth or bestoweth any culture or husbandry upon, even for that Land doth God take care, as his Land, thither he sends Rain, that the Beasts may have Pasture, and Plants moisture, that it may be watered and provided for, as well as those Lands that men by their care and industry manure as their own peculiars. 'Tis said (Chap. 38.26.) He (that is, God) causeth it to rain on the earth, where no man is, on the Wilderness, wherein there is no man. Thus in the T•x, He causeth it to come for his land, a Land which hath no owner but himself.
Fourthly, Forasmuch as the latter word for mercy, seems to imply that special favour which God bestowes upon his own people, in sending forth the Clouds with Rain; therefore by His land I rather conceive the earth in general is meant; or yet, to take it more particularly, that part of the earth which no man claims, which is sca•ce habitable by man, that which is a wast Wilderness or Desart for wild beasts, that Land which is overgrown with Trees and Bushes, a Land which no man dresseth or bestoweth any culture or husbandry upon, even for that Land doth God take care, as his Land, thither he sends Rain, that the Beasts may have Pasture, and Plants moysture, that it may be watered and provided for, as well as those Lands that men by their care and industry manure as their own peculiars. 'Tis said (Chap. 38.26.) He (that is, God) causeth it to rain on the earth, where no man is, on the Wilderness, wherein there is no man. Thus in the T•x, He causeth it to come for his land, a Land which hath no owner but himself.
Hence Observe; God hath an universal respect to, and care over all his Creatures.