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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
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The five creatures inquired about, that live in the air, are, First, The Raven; Secondly, The Peacock; Thirdly, The Ostrich; Fourthly, The Hawk; and, Fifthly, The Eagle.
Of the third sort, namely, such as live in the water, or in the ⟨p. 279⟩Sea, Job is questioned only about one, the Leviathan, or the Whale, a creature of a vast magnitude; of so vast a magnitude, that take all the other twelve creatures and join them together, the Leviathan exceeds them all in magnitude; as will appear in the description given of him at large, in the one and fortieth Chapter.
Of the third sort, namely, such as live in the water, or in the ⟨p. 279⟩Sea, Job is questioned only about one, the Leviathan, or the Whale, a creature of a vast magnitude; of so vast a magnitude, that take all the other twelve creatures and joyn them together, the Leviathan exceeds them all in magnitude; as will appear in the description given of him at large, in the one and fortieth Chapter.
The Lord in this latter discourse with, or questioning of Job, seems to descend, or to put matter of easier resolution to him than he had done before, and doubtless he doth; yet he doth it for the greater and fuller conviction and humiliation of Job. As if the Lord had said, If (O Job) thou findest thy self puzzled and unable to give any tolerable answer and resolution to the questions which I have proposed, about the whole bulk or body of the earth and Sea, or about those great things that are wrought in the heavens, and in the air, then consider, how thou art able to answer my questions about these lesser things, which are also near unto thee, the beasts of the earth, fowls of the air, and the fish of the Sea. The Lord even in these works, makes manifest his glorious perfections, far exceeding the reach and apprehension of man, as well as in, yea more than in, those other works of his mentioned before.