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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 34-38
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But that the question propounded to Job in this Verse concerns the wisdom given to man, not to beasts or birds, is plainly proved by the questions put him in the two Verses following. Which show that though God hath given man wisdom sufficient for many great purposes, yet not for the purpose there expressed, as not for several other purposes.
But that the question propounded to Job in this Verse concernes the wisdom given to man, not to beasts or birds, is plainly proved by the questions put him in the two Verses following. Which shew that though God hath given man wisdom sufficient for many great purposes, yet not for the purpose there expressed, as not for several other purposes.
Vers. 37, 38. Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, when the dust groweth into hardness, and the clouds cleave fast together?
In these two Verses we have two questions more propounded by God to Job. The first whereof is about the numbering,1 the second (though under another title) about the stopping of the clouds.
In these two Verses we have two questions more propounded by God to Job. The first whereof is about the numbring,1 the second (though under another title) about the stopping of the clouds.
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