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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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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 (Gen. 1.14.) And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days, and for years. The ordinary lights or stars of heaven, are always for ordinary signs and seasons; and sometimes there are extraordinary lights seen in heaven, or the ordinary are seen appearing in an extraordinary manner, to signify that God is about to do extraordinary things, or to bring forth extraordinary times and seasons.
But this Scripture intends not any such dominion of heaven over the earth: Moses hath told us long since what this dominion is (Gen. 1.14.) And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days, and for years. The ordinary lights or stars of heaven, are always for ordinary signes and seasons; and sometimes there are extraordinary lights seen in heaven, or the ordinary are seen appearing in an extraordinary manner, to signifie that God is about to do extraordinary things, or to bring forth extraordinary times and seasons.