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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 14-16
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We may take a fourth Reason of this Exposition, because this light is said to shine in his Cloud: 'tis true, all Clouds are his, that is, Gods Clouds; but the Cloud in which the Rainbow doth at any time appear, is in a way of peculiarity and higher significancy called the Cloud of God, or Gods Cloud. All the Clouds are as Gods Bow, out of which he shoots his Arrows and Bolts; they are also called the Seat of God, on them he sitteth as upon his Throne. Again, they are called his Chariot, upon them he rideth in his Majesty; but the Rainbow-cloud, is, as it were, the Royal Robe or Diadem of God, the special Clothing of God. The Lord saith at the 13th verse of the 9th of Genesis, where we have the first mention of the Rainbow, I do set my Bow in the Cloud; the Bow is Gods, and ⟨p. 543⟩the Cloud is Gods, he is entitled to them both in a very eminent and special manner. God calleth it his Cloud, and his Bow; Not only, First, because he made the Cloud, & the Sun-beams by which the Bow is made. But, Secondly, and chiefly, because he hath put it to a special use, and given it a mystical signification.
We may take a fourth Reason of this Exposition, because this light is said to shine in his Cloud: 'tis true, all Clouds are his, that is, Gods Clouds; but the Cloud in which the Rainbow doth at any time appear, is in a way of peculiarity and higher significancy called the Cloud of God, or Gods Cloud. All the Clouds are as Gods Bow, out of which he shoots his Arrows and Bolts; they are also called the Seat of God, on them he sitteth as upon his Throne. Again, they are called his Chariot, upō them he rideth in his Majesty; but the Rainbow-cloud, is, as it were, the Royal Robe or Diadem of God, the special Clothing of God. The Lord saith at the 13th verse of the 9th of Genesis, where we have the first mention of the Rainbow, I do set my Bow in the Cloud; the Bow is Gods, and ⟨p. 543⟩the Cloud is Gods, he is entitled to them both in a very eminent and special manner. God calleth it his Cloud, and his Bow; Not only, First, because he made the Cloud, & the Sun-beams by which the Bow is made. But, Secondly, and chiefly, because he hath put it to a special use, and given it a mystical signification.