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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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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.
Again, when he saith, knowest thou the Ordinances of heaven? the meaning may be this; Are the heavenly bodies disposed or impowered by thy wisdome? hast thou given them vertue to work upon inferiour bodies? I hast thou made the statutes by which they are governed, or by which they govern? That's the Lords Prerogative.
Hence note; First, The heavens are under a law, they have their statutes.
They are under a law in a three-fold Respect. 1. In respect of their motion, how and whither they shall move. 2ly. They are under a law as to their influences, where and on whom they shall drop them down. 3ly. (Which necessarily follows the former) They are under a law as to their effects and operations upon the Creatures, whether for good, or for evil. The heavens can neither hurt nor help us, but according to higher order. This threefold law may be understood in that one Scripture (Jer. 31.35.) Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the Sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the Moon and of the Stars for a light by night.