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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, The firmness of it.
When a builder intends to raise a fabric, he first considereth and measureth the ground or plot where he intends to build: With respect to this, saith God, Who hath laid the measures thereof?
When a builder intends to raise a fabrick, he first considereth and measureth the ground or plat where he intends to build: With respect to this, saith God, Who hath laid the measures thereof?
Secondly, When he is building,1 he useth his line to keep the work level and right: with respect to which God saith, Who hath stretched the line upon it?
- 1Ad amussi eriguntur parietes.
Thirdly, The builder, that his work may be substantial, will be sure to fix his foundation sure: in respect of which, the Lord enquires of Job; Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?