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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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Fifthly, Let us be much in praising the Lord for his wisdom, power, and greatness, all which gloriously appear and shine forth in his laying the foundations of the earth. David makes this a special part of Divine praise (Psal. 136.6.) We should not only praise the Lord for the great things he hath done on the earth, but for this, that he hath made the earth. The work of God in laying the foundations of the earth, calls as loudly for our praise, as any thing (except our redemption from the earth (Rev. 5.9. chap. 14.3.) which ever God wrought upon the face of the earth. The making of the earth calls us to praise the Lord:
Fifthly, Let us be much in praising the Lord for his wisdom, power, and greatness, all which gloriously appear and shine forth in his laying the foundations of the earth. David makes this a special part of Divine praise (Psal. 136.6.) VVe should not onely praise the Lord for the great things he hath done on the earth, but for this, that he hath made the earth. The work of God in laying the foundations of the earth, calls as loudly for our praise, as any thing (except our redemption from the earth (Rev. 5.9. chap. 14.3.) which ever God wrought upon the face of the earth. The making of the earth calls us to praise the Lord:
First, Because he hath made so vast a body as this earth is, or because he hath made such a large house for us.
Secondly, Because he hath founded it so miraculously, hanging upon nothing that appears, but in the air; yet standing more firmly than any house built upon a rock.