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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.
First, If man know not such like secret Ordinances of heaven, surely he is much less able to understand the secret counsels of heaven. We know but little of those things that are commonly seen and felt among us, but there are reserves which we cannot know at all.
First, If man know not such like secret Ordinances of heaven, surely he is much less able to understand the secret counsels of heaven. We know but litle of those things that are commonly seen and felt among us, but there are reserves which we cannot know at all.
Secondly, We may hence also conclude, If the heavens have their statutes and Ordinances, as to their motion, &c. then much more hath man statutes and ordinances according to which he should move. The heavens never move but according to ordinances. Let us be sure, that whatever we do,1 we have an ordinance or word of God for it, either express or consequential. If the heavens be under such a rule, shall we think God hath left man at random or without a rule, how to speak, and think, and do in this world? It is dangerous to move without an ordinance, much more to move against an ordinance; we should take heed of acting besides a Law, much more of acting against a Law. Knowest thou the Ordinances of heaven? (and as it followeth) Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
- 1à [Greek or Hebrew] unde [Greek or Hebrew] praefectus, ideo non nemo praefecturam vertit. Drus. [Greek or Hebrew] quod Augustinus interpretatur commutations coe•i.à 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 unde 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 praefectus, ideo non nemo praefecturam vertit. Drus. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 quod Augustinus interpretatur commutationes coei.