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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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I answer, First, They are said to cry to God, because man hears them not, or if he do, he regards them not; what man regards the cry of a young Raven? therefore they cry to God if to any, who alone takes notice of their cry.
Secondly, They cry to God, not properly, but equivalently; they cannot be imagined to make any formal or direct prayers to God in their necessities, but their necessities which force them to cry, have the force of a cry, or of a prayer unto God.
S•condly, They cry to God, not properly, but equivalently; they cannot be imagined to make any formal or direct prayers to God in their necessities, but their necessities which force them to cry, have the force of a cry, or of a prayer unto God.
Thirdly, They may be said to cry unto God, because God takes or interprets their cry when hungry, as a prayer to himself: And God may be said to hear their cry, because he provides for them, and helps them, as he doth those who put up powerful prayers to him. There is in all creatures a desire of that which is needful for them, or proper to them, and when that is wanting they cry, that is, make some signification of their want. And as all young ones are apt to cry (that being all they can do) for food; so the Scripture, as here, so elsewhere represents young Ravens crying more than other creatures (Psal. 147.9.) He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young Ravens which cry. The beasts are not said to cry for food when God gives it them, but the young Ravens are. Crying seems to be the property of young Ravens, as if the least lack of food made them cry.