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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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As some deny providence, so others restrain it to greater matters, or more eminent creatures, as if it were true of Jehovah, which Heathens said of their Idol Jupiter; He is not at leisure to mind little things. But the Lord Jehovah disdains not to look after the least things, he looks into birds nests, to see they want nothing, or to supply their wants. Young Ravens are inconsiderable creatures, yet the Lord remembers and considers them. And if God take care of young Ravens, then I may again infer, he will much more take care of their young ones or children, who are themselves heirs of the promise, the spiritual seed of Abraham.
Secondly, in that young Ravens are here said to cry unto God,
Observe; Extreme want or necessity will put mere nature upon praying or crying to God.
Observe; Extream want or necessity will put meer nature upon praying or crying to God.
The worst of men, yea, the very beasts will pray in their kind, or after their manner, when they are pinched with extremities, either of want or fear. The Heathen Mariners in Jonah,