A35537:2026
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 14-16
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, Several learned Interpreters expound the light of his Cloud, by the Rainbow, which is also a very illustrious light, and that is eminently the light of Gods Cloud, 'tis his light in the Cloud. We may also call it a light of the Cloud; for though the light of the Sun falleth upon the clouds, yet the light of the Sun at other times is not so properly called the light of the Cloud, as the light of the Rainbow is, or as when the light of the Sun, reflecting ⟨p. 542⟩from or upon the Cloud, causeth that Meteor, which we call the Rainbow; and therefore 'tis emphatically exp•est by this circumlocution, the shining of the light of his Cloud. The shining light of the Rainbow hath in it a great appearance of God, for the help, salvation, and deliverance of his people, 'tis a token of the good-will of God to man. And that we should rather expound this place of the Rainbow, than either of the Lightning, or the Sun-shine, I shall briefly give these four Reasons, upon which I ground the Exposition.
Thi•dly, Several learned Interpreters expound the light of his Cloud, by the Rainbow, which is also a very illustrious light, and that is eminently the light of Gods Cloud, 'tis his light in the Cloud. We may also call it a light of the Cloud; for though the light of the Sun falleth upon the clouds, yet the light of the Sun at other times is not so properly called the light of the Cloud, as the light of the Rainbow is, or as when the light of the Sun, reflecting ⟨p. 542⟩from or upon the Cloud, causeth that Meteor, which we call the Rainbow; and therefore 'tis emphatically exp•est by this circumlocution, the shining of the light of his Cloud. The shining light of the Rainbow hath in it a great appearance of God, for the help, salvation, and deliverance of his people, 'tis a token of the good-will of God to man. And that we should rather expound this place of the Rainbow, than either of the Lightning, or the Sun-shine, I shall briefly give these foure Reasons, upon which I ground the Exposition.