An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 31-33

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Note secondly; The Stars of heaven have their seasons, and keep their seasons.

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They keep them punctually to a minute, to a moment, they know their times, and they keep time; they have their seasons of rising, and their seasons of setting. (Psal. 65.8.) Thou ⟨p. 248⟩makest the out-goings of Morning and Evening to rejoice; Some Stars go out in the Morning, others go out in the Evening, their times are various, but they all keep their time, (Psal. 104.19.) The Sun knoweth its going down, that is, the time of its going down, the place of its going down; In this we may see what we should do, or our own duty.

They keep them punctually to a minute, to a moment, they know their times, and they keep time; they have their seasons of rising, and their seasons of setting. (Psal. 65.8.) Thou ⟨p. 248⟩makest the out-goings of Morning and Evening to rejoyce; Some Stars go out in the Morning, others go out in the Evening, their times are various, but they all keep their time, (Psal. 104.19.) The Sun knoweth its going down, that is, the time of its going down, the place of its going down; In this we may see what we should do, or our own duty.

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Let us come forth in our season. The Stars are brought forth in theirs, and shall not we! happy are they that come forth, and bring forth in their season. To hit time is a mercy as well as a duty! Paul indeed said of himself, (

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