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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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Again, taking the word as it signifieth to demonstrate logically, or to declare, the question imports thus much; Who can clearly and perfectly set forth the nature of the clouds or the various effects which they produce, and services which they are employed in? Who can, either in the former sense or in this, number the stars of heaven?
Again, taking the word as it signifieth to demonstrate logically, or to declare, the question imports thus much; Who can clearly and perfectly set forth the nature of the clouds or the various effects which they produce, and services which they are imployed in? Who can, either in the former sense or in this, number the stars of heaven?
Hence note; The wisest among men can neither exactly tell how many the clouds are, nor fully demonstrate what they are.
As the number and nature of the stars, so of the clouds (which are beneath the stars) exceed mans wisdom. The least and lowest works of God are above mans reach, how much more his greatest works, and those which are far above?