A35537:1924
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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Wheresoever God hath a foot of Land in the World (though no foot of man comes there) he sends the Clouds to do it service, for the sake only of wild Beasts living there, and of Trees and Plants growing there. (Psal. 36 6) Lord, thou prese••st Man and Beast: Not only doth God preserve men, but b••• and where no men are God provides for beasts, that they may have food and live. We may hence argue as the Apostle did in another ⟨p. 519⟩case, (1 Cor. 9 9.) Doth God take care for Oxen? Hath he respect to the wast Lands, to the wild Beasts of the Wilderness? surely then he will take care of inhabited Lands, he will cause the Cloud to come and water the Land where men dwell, especially where good men dwell; to them he causeth it to come (as it followeth in the Text)
For Mercy.
The third Message about which the Clouds are sent or caused to come, is for favour. God dispenseth mercy by the Cloud, he causeth it to come for mercy. 1The Original word rendered mercy hath a great significancy in it, this especially, a bountiful goodwill towards others, without respect to merit, or any antecedent obligation. When here 'tis said He causeth it to come for Mercy, we are to understand much more than was meant before, when 'tis said, He causeth it to come for his land, to feed the beasts, and nourish the Plants; and I conceive we may give a twofold interpretation of it.