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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 21-22
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.
The supreme or supernatural cause, both making and moderating or governing the wind, is God himself: For though that text in the Holy Gospel last mentioned saith, The wind bloweth where it listeth, yet is to be understood only in reference to man; it bloweth where it listeth, for all man, man can neither direct it, nor control or check it. But as to God, the wind bloweth where he listeth, not where it self listeth; 'tis he who gathereth the wind in his fists (Pro. 30.4.) 'Tis he who bringeth them out of his treasures (Psal. 135.7.)
The supream or supernatural cause, both making and moderating or governing the wind, is God himself: For though that text in the Holy Gospel last mentioned saith, The wind bloweth where it listeth, yet is to be understood only in reference to man; it bloweth where it listeth, for all man, man can neither direct it, nor controule or check it. But as to God, the wind bloweth where he listeth, not where it self listeth; 'tis he who gathereth the wind in his fists (Pro. 30.4.) 'Tis he who bringeth them out of his treasures (Psal. 135.7.)
The natural remote cause of the wind, is the power of the Sun and Stars (as Philosophers well agreeing with reason ••ll […] drawing up those exhalations, and attenuating them into a •i••e […] fo• that purpose.
The natural remote cause of the wind, is the power of the Sun and Starrs (as Philosophers well agreeing with reason ••ll 〈…〉 drwing up those exhalations, and attenuating them into a ie fo that pupose.