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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
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Secondly, Those which the heavens give to the earth, or to man on earth. The heavens may be said to impose their laws upon the earth, men being guided and directed by the changes and motions of the heavens, how to order many of their motions and actions on the earth, those especially which concern the earth. The heavens give these common laws (as I may say) to men concerning the earth: First, When to Till the earth. Secondly, When to cast their Seed into the earth. Thirdly, When ⟨p. 252⟩to reap and gather the fruit of the earth. When to perform any part of Husbandry to the earth, is known only by the heavens; that is, the heavens by their motions and vicissitudes, show men the seasons of doing these and these works on earth. And if men obey not these laws of heaven, nor observe their seasons, they loose all their labour and cost bestowed on the earth.
Secondly, Those which the heavens give to the earth, or to man on earth. The heavens may be said to impose their laws upon the earth, men being guided and directed by the changes and motions of the heavens, how to order many of their motions and actions on the earth, those especially which concern the earth. The heavens give these common laws (as I may say) to men concerning the earth: First, When to Till the earth. Secondly, When to cast their Seed into the earth. Thirdly, When ⟨p. 252⟩to reap and gather the fruit of the earth. When to perform any part of Husbandry to the earth, is known only by the heavens; that is, the heavens by their motions and vicissitudes, shew men the seasons of doing these and these works on earth. And if men obey not these laws of heaven, nor observe their seasons, they loose all their labour and cost bestowed on the earth.
Again, when he saith, knowest thou the Ordinances of heaven? the meaning may be this; Are the heavenly bodies disposed or empowered by thy wisdom? hast thou given them virtue to work upon inferior bodies? I hast thou made the statutes by which they are governed, or by which they govern? That's the Lords Prerogative.