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

The first Proposition is fully implied, throughout the discourse. The Assumption is expressed in many sharp and cutting queries, from the 4th ver. of this Chapter, Where wast thou, &c. to the 34th of the next. The parts of this Assumption are many; whereof the first treats of Creation, from this fourth verse to the 22d; the second of Providence in general, chiefly in the Meteors; from the 22d. verse to the end of this Chapter; the third, of ⟨p. 44⟩special Providence towards the Beast of the Earth, and the Fowls of the Air, from the first verse of the 39th Chapter to the end.

The first Proposition is fully implied, throughout the discourse. The Assumption is exprest in many sharp and cutting queries, from the 4th ver. of this Chapter, Where wast thou, &c. to the 34th of the next. The parts of this Assumption are many; whereof the first treats of Creation, from this fourth verse to the 22d; the second of Providence in general, chiefly in the Meteors; from the 22d. verse to the end of this Chapter; the third, of ⟨p. 44⟩special Providence towards the Beast of the Earth, and the Fowls of the Ayre, from the first verse of the 39th Chapter to the end.

So that, the proof of this Assumption, that Job had no hand, g•ve no counsel, no furtherance, no assistance, in the Works of Creation and Providence; I say this Assumption, contains the history of the greatest things in all the parts of Nature: for whatsoever belongs to true Philosophy, may be reduced to it, or clearly discovered in it; and herein we are taught the true use of Philosophy, even to raise the mind of man to the contemplation of the Eternity, Power, and Wisdom of God; as also of our own frailty, weakness, nothingness, and so to sit down in an humble submission, to whatsoever the Lord doth with us, or ours, in this world.

So that, the proof of this Assumption, that Job had no hand, gve no counsel, no furtherance, no assistance, in the Works of Creation and Providence; I say this Assumption, contains the history of the greatest things in all the parts of Nature: for whatsoever belongs to true Philosophy, may be reduced to it, or clearly dicovered in it; and herein we are taught the true use of Philosophy, even to raise the mind of man to the contemplation of the Eternity, Power, and Wisdom of God; as also of our own frailty, weakness, nothingness, and so to sit down in an humble submission, to whatsoever the Lord doth with us, or ours, in this world.