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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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Secondly note, The Lord knows when the earth hath had sufficient rain.
And therefore (unless in judgement) he will not let the clouds run wast; he will stay his bottles from letting down one drop more, when once the dust (by rain falling upon it) groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together.
Note Thirdly, 'Tis a mercy, when the earth hath enough, that God stops the bottles.
As it is a duty, when we have drank enough, to stop the bottle, that is, to give over drinking; so 'tis a mercy, that the Lord stops the bottles when the earth hath drank enough. When the earth hath enough, the Lord sometimes will not stop the bottles of heaven, but lets them pour down rain, till the fruits of the earth are utterly spoiled; and this he doth for the punishment of mans sin always, and sometimes for the punishment of those special sins, mans unthankfulness for, and abuse of the fruits of the earth; that is, because he did not stay the bottle, when he had taken enough.