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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 7
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Secondly, Others conceive them so called,1 because they were created or formed in the very morning of the World; they were early made. For though (as I shall touch afterward) as to their perfection, the Stars were made the fourth day; yet their Creation is comprehended in the work of the first day, under those general words (Gen. 1.1.) In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth; the Heavens contained all the Stars in their materiality, though not yet formally produced; for the Stars being but the thicker part of the Heavenly Orb, when the Heavens were made, the Stars were also made: and may therefore be called Morning Stars, as being made in the Morning of the World, early made.
- 1Sydera summo mundi mane, lucentia, mequ• suo formoso splendour landantia.Sydera summo mundi mane, lucentia, mequ• suo formoso splendore landantia.
Thirdly, They may be called Morning Stars, because they (according to their manner) expressed their joy early or betimes in the Morning of the World, or as soon as the Lord had laid the foundations of the Earth. Those things which are done early,1 are done in the morning; and they who do things in the morning, have the denomination of the morning upon them. The Poet anciently said Aeneas was (Matutinus) A Morning Man, because he was early at his work; so these may be called Morning Stars, because they were early at work, singing the praise of God. Thus the reason why the Wolf hath this Epithet, An Evening Wolf, is because he doth his work, he comes forth for his prey, in the evening (Hab. 1.8.