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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 39 › Verse 5-8
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Secondly; The dwelling which God appoints to any creature is suitable to its nature.
Secondly; The dwelling which God appoints to any creature is sutable to its nature.
This wild creature dwells in a wild place, in a wilderness. This barren creature (as to any benefit he brings to man) God appoints to dwell in a barren land. It is said of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 5.21.) when for his pride he was put from his dominion, that he had his dwelling with wild Asses; he himself carried it like a beast, and he had a dwelling suitable to his bestial disposition among the beasts; he was proud, and would not bare the Lords yoke, he cast off the bonds which God laid upon him, and thought it enough for him to lay bonds upon men, therefore the Lord (to humble him) thrust him among the beasts. As like will to like mostly in way of election, so sometimes like shall to like, though they like it not, in way of compulsion; and usually like are put to like persons or places, in way of gracious ordination. God himself appoints wild beasts to the barren wildernesses, tame beasts to the fruitful enclosed pastures; he placeth men in well built Houses, Towns or Cities; and he hath appointed faithful men and women his Church to dwell in, which is therefore called (though in a wilderness) the house of God, (1 Tim. 3.15.) David found that house more pleasing to him than any of his Royal Palaces, and therefore made it his great request, The one thing of his desires (Psal. 27.7.) That he might dwell in the house of the Lord for ever: Even as he bitterly complained (Psalm 120.5,) Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar. And as the Lord hath provided suitable habitations for beasts, wild and tame; for men, good and bad here on earth; so he hath provided suitable habitations for all men, when they leave this earth. He hath provided hell for their house and dwelling place for ever, who are disobedient […] unbelieving and he hath provided heaven for their house