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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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Note; As some lands are barren by a Divine Malediction, so some by Common Constitution.
Some lands become barren by a curse from God; Thus he turns a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein (Psal. 107.34.) Now as some lands are made barren (besides the general curse which befell all lands upon the fall of man into sin) by some special curse, for special causes, so, 'tis merely an act of Divine Sovereignty, that some lands, as to their very soil and constitution are barren, while others are fruitful.
Some lands become barren by a curse from God; Thus he turns a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein (Psal. 107.34.) Now as some lands are made barren (besides the general curse which befel all lands upon the fall of man into sin) by some special curse, for special causes, so, 'tis meerly an act of Divine Soveraignty, that some lands, as to their very soil and constitution are barren, while others are fruitful.
Fourthly, Consider where do these Asses dwell? 'tis in a barren land.