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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 39-41
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
JOB, Chap. 38. Vers. 39, 40, 41. 39. Wilt thou hunt the prey for the Lion? or fill the appetite of the young Lions, 40, When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41. Who provideth for the Raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
The Lord having by a multitude of questions proposed to Job concerning inanimates, or creatures without life, such as are the Earth, the Sea, the Heavens, the Clouds and Meteors, (having, I say, by these questions) convinced him of his weakness and insufficiency, as also, of the transcendent power and wisdom, which abideth and resideth everlastingly in himself; he now undertakes Job for the same ends, by putting him questions about the living creatures, and those of three forms or sorts:
THe Lord having by a multitude of questions proposed to Job concerning inanimates, or creatures without life, such as are the Earth, the Sea, the Heavens, the Clouds and Meteors, (having, I say, by these questions) convinced him of his weakness and insufficiency, as also, of the transcendent power and wisdom, which abideth and resideth everlastingly in himself; he now undertakes Job for the same ends, by putting him questions about the living creatures, and those of three forms or sorts:
First, About the beasts of the earth.