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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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Thirdly, We should praise the wisdom of God, that hath formed it so exactly, and adorned it so richly: It's not a house huddled and clapped up together, without skill or art, though it ⟨p. 57⟩was made word a word speaking in six days, yet it was made with infinite wisdom, as is more particularly held out (v. 5.) where the Lord speaks of laying the measures thereof, and stretching the line upon it; as also of fastening the foundations and laying the corner-stone thereof; all which ••ew it is not a house clapped up in haste, but made with admirable exactness: so that (as 'tis usual when great houses are built) there were great acclamations made at the building of it; as we have it the seventh verse of this Chapter, then the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy, to see such a magnificent pile reared up.
Thirdly, VVe should praise the wisdom of God, that hath formed it so exactly, and adorned it so richly: It's not a house huddled and clapt up together, without skill or art, though it ⟨p. 57⟩was made word a word speaking in six days, yet it was made with infinite wisdom, as is more particularly held out (v. 5.) where the Lord speaks of laying the measures thereof, and stretching the line upon it; as also of fastning the foundations and laying the c•rner-stone thereof; all which ••ew it is not a house clapt up in haste, but made with admirable exactness: so that (as 'tis usual when great houses are built) there were great acclamations made at the building of it; as we have it the seventh verse of this Chapter, then the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy, to see such a magnificent pile reared up.
Lastly, Take this inference; If the visible world be such a building, what is the invisible world, the City having foundations, which God hath prepared for those that love him?