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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, The compactness of the building, as knit close together, and so the firmness of it.
Fourthly, That all was done in so short a time. We say, Rome was not built in a day. Solomon was seven years in building the Temple (1 Kings 6.38.) And he was thirteen years in building his own house (1 Kings 7.1.) And doubtless, Solomon laid out all the power and skill he had for the setting up of those buildings: But behold a greater building than either the Temple which Solomon built for God, or the house which he built for himself, set up (as we say) in a trice. The Lord finished all his work in six days, and that part of it, the earth, in one: Nor did the Lord take either six days to finish the whole work, or one to finish any one part of it, because he needed so much time to do it in; but because he would not do it in less.
Fourthly, That all was done in so short a time. We say, Rome was not built in a day. Solomon was seven years in building the Temple (1 Kings 6.38.) And he was thirteen years in building his own house (1 Kings 7.1.) And doubtlesse, Solomon laid out all the power and skill he had for the setting up of those buildings: But behold a greater building than either the Temple which Solomon built for God, or the house which he built for himself, set up (as we say) in a trice. The Lord finished all his work in six dayes, and that part of it, the earth, in one: Nor did the Lord take either six dayes to finish the whole work, or one to finish any one part of it, because he needed so much time to do it in; but because he would not do it in less.