An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 39-41

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The eyes of all wait upon (or look unto) thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season: thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire (that is, the hunger and thirst) of every living thing. He that gives life to all, upholds the lives of all. As it shows the great power of God, that he hath made some living creatures (the Angels and souls of men) which need no mere, so it is a very great glory that he provides meat for all that •eed it. God hath a great household, and he keeps a plentiful house; the meanest of his household have food convenient for them.

The eyes of all wait upon (or look unto) thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season: thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire (that is, the hunger and thirst) of every living thing. He that gives life to all, upholds the lives of all. As it shews the great power of God, that he hath made some living creatures (the Angels and souls of men) which need no mear, so it is a very great glory that he provides meat for all that •eed it. God hath a great houshold, and he keeps a plentiful house; the meanest of his houshold have food convenient for them.

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Now, Doth the Lord provide a table for the Ravens? Remember Christ• Inference from it; Then much more will he provide a Table for his children who fear him, and trust upon him. Behold, (saith Christ, Mat. 6.26.) the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly father feedeth them: Are ye not much better than they? And that which ⟨p. 298⟩Christ spake in general there concerning the fowls of the air, he in the 12th of Luke (ver. 24.) spake particularly of the Raven; Consider the Ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, &c. and God feedeth them; how much more are ye better (as if the Lord had said, than the fowls?) Ye are much better than the best of fowls; then how much better than the worst, the Ravens? and be ye assured, that as much as ye are better than the Ravens, by so much is my care for you, greater than for the Ravens. As God is the Saviour of all, especially of those that believe (

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 38, verse 39-41, p. 298. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

Year

1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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