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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 17-18
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Fourthly, (Which is the common use of garments, and that which the text speaks of) they are for warmth, to keep out the cold, and to defend us from the injuries and violence of the weather; yet we scarce know, or do not fully know, how that comes to pass.
Fourthly, (Which is the common use of garments, and that which the text speaks of) they are for warmth, to keep out the cold, and to defend us from the injuries and violence of the weather; yet we sca•ce know, or do not fully know, how that comes to pass.
Hence observe, Thirdly; How our garments warm us is a secret, and that they warm us is from the blessing of God.
Though there be a natural cause of this warmth, yet there is some what of God, yea, much of God in it. The effect of that natural cause dependeth wholly upon the concurrence and power of God. That Speech of the Prophet to the Jews newly returned from Babylon, and neglecting the Lords house, while they too much attended the building of their own, doth fully evince this for truth (Haggai 1.6.) Ye have sown much, b•• bring in little (naturally they that sow much, should bring in much, but God can stop the influences of the heavens, and the increase o• the earth, & though the seed time be great, •he harvest shall be small) again, ye eat (and then sure they we•e satisfied; no, saith the Prophet, ye eat) but ye have not enough; which not only implieth that they had not enough to eat (though that might be a truth) but, that though they did eat enough, yet there was not a nutritive virtue in the meat, it did not content o satisfy the stomach & enue their strength: He adds, ye drink but are not fied with drink, which also implieth, not only that they had but little to drink, but tha their drink was not comfortable o thist-quenching to them. Lastly (which is the instance of the text) Ye clothe you, but there is no warmth. What was the reason of all his, That they did eat and had not enough, drink and were not filled, put on clothing and were not warm? The