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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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When there are no storms nor blustering winds in the Air, God shows both his power and goodness, he then quieteth the Earth; we are to acknowledge God in it, and bless him for i•, when the Earth is quiet. The disciples (Matth. 8.26.) being in a great storm at Sea, and f a ing the Vessel would be over-set, and that they should perish in the Waters, Christ s•id to the Sea, Peace, be st•ll; and presently the e was a great calm. He that quiets the Sea, quiets the Earth too. Christ hath calms or peaceable winds, as well as storms and stormy winds at his dispose.
When there are no sto•mes nor blustring winds in the Air, God shews both his power and goodness, he then quieteth the Earth; we are to acknowledge God in it, and bless him for i•, when the Earth is quiet. The di•ciples (Matth. 8.26.) being in a great storm at Sea, and f a ing the V•ssel would be over-set, and that they should perish in the Waters, Ch•ist s•id to the Sea, Peace, be st•ll; and presently the e was a great calm. He that quiets the Sea, quiets the Earth too. Christ hath c•lmes or peaceable winds, as well as stormes and stormy winds at his dispo•e.
And if the natural quietness of the Earth be the work of God, then much more is the civil quietness of it. God alone giveth quietness among men, he maketh them of one House, and them of one Nation to live quit. When there are no winds, no tempestuous winds blowing in the sky, there may be storms and tempests in the Spirits of men; and when there is a tempest within, only he who forms the spirit of man within him (