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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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First, Of his care and providence in the provision that he daily makes for them.
Secondly, Of his power and wisdom, in the extraordinary strength and strange qualities which he hath bestowed upon them, and endued them with; in some of which they much surpass man, the master-piece, and master of the whole invisible Creation.
Secondly, Of his power and wisdom, in the extraordinary strength and strange qualities which he hath bestowed upon them, and indued them with; in some of which they much surpass man, the master-piece, and master of the whole invisible Creation.
The general scope and aim of God, in putting questions to Job about these living creatures, seems to answer a secret doubt which some might have concerning his providence. True, the Lord governs the Heavens, the Stars, the Thunder, the Lightnings, the Rain; but doth he look after things below? Yea, the Lords care and providence about inferior creatures, is very great, condescending to the very wild beasts of the earth,1 to the fowls of the air, as also, to the fish of the Sea; and hence the Lord would have Job understand, that surely he had a much greater care of him, and of the affairs of the children of men. Who can but conclude, That if the Lord hath such a respect to these irrational ⟨p. 280⟩creatures, which live only the life of sense, then much more hath he a care of man, and among men, of good men, who are his children, and of them most of all in their afflictions and troubles. So that, the Lord by these questions, seems to bespeak Job thus: How comes it to pass, that thou shouldst so much as doubt, whether I take care of thee or no, when I take care of, and look to the wild beasts of the earth, to the fowls that fly in the air, yea, to the fish that swim unseen in the Sea? Or thus, Am I thus solicitous to look after Lions and Goats, Hinds and Unicorns, the Ostrich and the Peacock? &c. am I so careful to look after these creatures,