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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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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.
Note Secondly; What all the Laws and Ordinances of heaven are, is a secret to man.
Knowest thou them? saith God to Job. There are some Ordinances of heaven, or some things for which heaven is ordained, which are easily and commonly known; such are the changes of seasons, with the division of night and day, of winter and summer. There are also sec et Ordinances and Orders given to the heavens, according to which they produce many unexpected and extraordinary ffects here on earth, as Drought, and the consequent of it, Famine; Infection in the air, and the consequent of it, Pestilential diseases and Mortality. Who knows these ordinances of heaven? and if these are so unknown? then we may conclude,