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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 31-33
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.
JOB, Chap. 38. Vers. 31, 32, 33. 31. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades? or loose the bands of Orion? 32. Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33. Knowest thou the Ordinances of Heaven? canst thou set the dominions thereof in the earth?
The Lord having questioned Job about his skill and knowledge in those Meteors, the Rain, the Dew, the Ice and Frost, all which were wrought in the Air; rises yet higher, questioning him about the Stars of heaven, and their ordinary effects upon the earth, and all sublunary bodies.
THe Lord having questioned Job about his skill and knowledge in those Meteors, the Rain, the Dew, the Ice and Frost, all which were wrought in the Air; rises yet higher, questioning him about the Stars of heaven, and their ordinary effects upon the earth, and all sublunary bodies.
In these three Verses, the Lord points at the four quarters or seasons of the year; over which the four Stars or Constellations mentioned in this context have a predominance, according to the appointment of God in the course of nature: He points at Spring and Winter in the 31. verse; he points at Summer and Autumn in the 32. verse; and he speaks of both more generally in the 33. verse.