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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.
When Clouds cover the light from us, God hath •is wind ready to chase them away, and clear up the weather. Never did any such thick and dark Cloud of sorrow and trouble hang over the heads, or fill the hearts of the people of God, but he had means at hand to dispel and scatter it, or he could scatter it himself without means. When dreadful Clouds of danger looked black upon and threatened the Church of God during the Reign of Julian the Apostate, Athanasius said, It is but a little Cloud, 1a wind will shortly cleanse it away. His meaning was, now we are compassed about with fear and trouble, but peace and prosperity will not stay long before they return.
When Clouds cover the light from us, God hath •is wind ready to chase them away, and clear up the weather. Never did any such thick and dark Cloud of sorrow and trouble hang over the heads, or fill the hearts of the people of God, but he had means at hand to dispell and scatter it, or he could scatter it himself without means. When dreadfull Clouds of danger looked black upon and threatned the Church of God during the Reign of Julian the Apostate, Athanasius said, It is but a little Cloud, 1a wind will shortly cleanse it away. His meaning was, now we are compassed about with fear and trouble, but peace and prosperity will not stay long before they return.
- 1N•becula est, citò transibit.
This is true also if we carry it yet in a more spiritual way, as to those Clouds of sorrow which often darken and afflict our minds in the midst of outward prosperity, or in the clearest Sunshine-day of peace that ever was in this world; when these inward Clouds dwell, as it were, upon the soul, the Lord hath a wind which passeth and cleanseth them away too. What is that wind? it is his holy Spirit. The word in the text,