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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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Thirdly, That all the successes and events, good or bad, of mens actions and undertakings, depend upon the Stars and Planets.
Fourthly, (which some have adventured to affirm) That the rise and fall of great persons and families, together with the growths and declinings of whole Kingdoms and Commonwealths, are under the dominion of the Stars.
Fifthly, That the flourishings and decayings of Arts and Sciences depend upon them. Yea,
Sixthly, That the stars operate much towards the planting and progress, towards the rooting up or going back of Religion.
But this Scripture intends not any such dominion of heaven over the earth: Moses hath told us long since what this dominion is (