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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
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.
Secondly, Note; 'Tis by a divine power that the Clouds are upheld and balanced.
Secondly, Note; 'Tis by a divine power that the Clouds are upheld and ballanced.
All heavy things tens downward; what then but God keeps the Clouds up, which are so heavy? 'Tis a wonder that we have not Seas of waters, rather than showers poured upon us from the Clouds. They that travail far at Sea, see the Rain coming down by spouts, or like a flood in some places; and certainly the Clouds would come down every where like a stood if God did not hold them up. From which particular instance Elihu would have us take up this general truth, that,
All heavy things tens downward; what then but God keeps the Clouds up, which are so heavy? 'Tis a wonder that we have not Seas of waters, rather than showers poured upon us from the Clouds. They that travaile far at Sea, see the Rain coming down by spouts, or like a flood in some places; and certainly the Clouds would come down every where like a stood if God did not hold them up. From which particular instance Elihu would have us take up this general truth, that,
All things are kept in an even balance by the wisdom and power of God. The things of the world, if God did not balance them, how would they tumble and fall awry, yea, run to ruin! were there not a balancing operation in the arm of God, over all the affairs and businesses of men, what a huddle and confusion would all be in? We read in Scripture of four things which God is said to weigh or to balance, they are all very considerable.
All things are kept in an even ballance by the wisdome and power of God. The things of the world, if God did not ballance them, how would they tumble and fall awry, yea, run to ruine! were there not a ballancing operation in the arm of God, over all the affairs and businessess of men, what a hudle and confusion would all be in? We read in Scripture of foure things which God is said to weigh or to ballance, they are all very considerable.