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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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Sixthly, The Power and Will of God are the only foundation of the Earth. 'Tis said by the Psalmist, he hath founded it upon the waters (as was showed before) yet that cannot be meant properly; for how can water, a fluid body, naturally bear up or sustain the Earth, a heavy body, and not at all buoyant? We all see it hangeth or standeth in the air. But what foundation can the air be ⟨p. 53⟩to the Earth, which will scarcely bear a feather. It remains then undeniable that the Will and Power of God are the foundations of the Earth:1 There's nothing can be given or assigned in reason, if you look not to the Will of God, for the foundation of the Earth. Besides that, there's no bottom for it. One of the Ancients giving a description of the Creation, saith, All things are laid up in his Power and Will; these are the foundations, the stay, and establishment of all things. 2And as it is so with respect to the standing of the Earth, so, with respect to all those great things which God hath promised to do in the Earth; the foundation of them all, is his own Power and Will, or his Powerful Will. The foundation laid in Election, and the foundation laid in Redemption by Jesus Christ (other foundation can no man lay for all our spiritual comforts, present privileges, and future hopes (1 Cor. 3.11.) These foundations, I say) were laid in the Will of God, Lo I come to do thy Will, O God, (Heb. 10.7.9.) The Will of God is the foundation and establishment of all things, whether Natural or Civil, Spiritual or Eternal.
Sixthly, The Power and Will of God are the onely foundation of the Earth. 'Tis said by the Psalmist, he hath founded it upon the waters (as was shewed before) yet that cannot be meant properly; for how can water, a fluid body, naturally bear up or sustain the Earth, a heavy body, and not at all boyant? We all see it hangeth or standeth in the ayre. But what foundation can the ayre be ⟨p. 53⟩