An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

So we are to resume that part of the question out of the former verse, though not expressed here. As there he said expressly, Dost thou know when God disposed them? dost thou know the balancing of the Clouds? So here he saith impliedly, Dost thou know how thy garments are warm?

So we are to resume that part of the question out of the former verse, though not expressed here. As there he said expresly, Dost thou know when God disposed them? dost thou know the ballancing of the Clouds? So here he saith impliedly, Dost thou know how thy garments are warm?

Some make this and the former verse one entire sentence, qui•e leaving out those wo•ds, Dost thou know, in the latter part; Dost thou know the balancing of the Clouds, O thou whose garments are warm upon thee, when the earth is quieted by the South wind? Hast thou, with him, spread out the Sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? The meaning of which reading is briefly this; O thou, who canst not bear thy clothes in a hot day, but art forced to leave thy labour, and retire to thy rest, when the earth is quieted, the Sun being far ascended to the South (that's the time of heat) Didst thou, with him, spread out the Sky, which is strong as a molten looking-glass? Didst thou work in the Furnace, or in that fiery heat with God, when he did, as it were, like a mighty Founder, cast the whole Heavens into that glorious mould, or form, in which they appear and seem to move? The words are an allusion to those Artists who work in Metals, and cast them into Vessels of one sort and size or another, for the several uses & services of man: Such a thing is the Sky over us, which is therefore here compared to a molten looking-glass, that is, to a glass made of molten metal. Thus, I say, some read the context as one entire sentence, and there is a clearness in it.

Some make this and the former verse one entire sentence, qui•e leaving out those wo•ds, Dost thou know, in the latter part; Dost thou know the baancing of the Clouds, O thou whose garments are warm upon thee, when the earth is quieted by the South wind? Hast thou, with him, spread out the Skie, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? The meaning of which reading is briefly this; O thou, who canst not bear thy clothes in a hot day, but art forced to leave thy labour, and retire to thy rest, when the earth is quieted, the Sun being far ascended to the South (that's the time of heat) Didst thou, with him, spread out the Skie, which is strong as a molten looking-glass? Didst thou work in the Furnace, or in that fiery heat with God, when he did, as it were, like a mighty Founder, cast the whole Heavens into that glorious mould, or form, in which they appear and seem to move? The words are an allusion to those Artists who work in Mettals, and cast them into Vessels of one sort and size or another, for the several uses & services of man: Such a thing is the Skie over us, which is therefore here compared to a molten looking-glass, that is, to a glass made of molten mettal. Thus, I say, some read the context as one entire sentence, and there is a clearness in it.