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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 4-6
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But some may say, What are the foundations of the Earth?
I answer, A foundation may be taken either properly, or metaphorically; formally, or allusively.
The foundations of the Earth are not formal, but metaphorical foundations: 'Tis a speech borrowed from men, who must have a proper foundation for their buildings. The Earth is not laid upon any formal, but it hath a virtual foundation. The Scripture saith sometimes, that the Earth is founded upon the seas, and established upon the floods (Psal. 24.2.) yet in a proper sense, the Sea is not the foundation of the Earth. It's said also, (Job 26.7.) He hangeth the Earth upon nothing. The whole bulk of Sea and Earth together, are one Globe, one Building, formed and compacted together.
The foundations of the Earth are not formal, but metaphorical foundations: 'Tis a speech borrowed from men, who must have a proper foundation for their buildings. The Earth is not laid upon any formal, but it hath a vertual foundation. The Scripture saith sometimes, that the Earth is founded upon the seas, and established upon the floods (Psal. 24.2.) yet in a proper sense, the Sea is not the foundation of the Earth. It's said also, (Job 26.7.) He hangeth the Earth upon nothing. The whole bulk of Sea and Earth together, are one Globe, one Building, formed and compacted together.