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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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David saith, All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord (Psal. 145.10.) All thy works, that is, the very lowest and least of thy works, even the clods of the earth, shall praise thee; how much more the Stars of Heaven! We find all the creatures called to sing the praise of the Lord quite through the 148th Psalm, Praise him Sun and Moon, praise him all ye Stars of light: There's the special instance of the Text. The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the Firmament showeth his handy-work (Psal. 19.1.) There is a kind of dutiful conspiration among all Creatures, even among the inanimate Creatures, in their places to praise God. And if you ask how they praise God? or how they sing? I answer in general, after their manner, 1as they are able, or as is suitable to their condition. The Stars sing not formally (and yet some say, there is a harmony in the motions of the Heavens; which being so constant, concordant, and uniform, hath a kind of Music in it) but though they cannot praise God formally, yet,
David saith, All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord (Psal. 145.10.) All thy works, that is, the very lowest and least of thy works, even the clods of the earth, shall praise thee; how much more the Stars of Heaven! We find all the creatures called to sing the praise of the Lord quite through the 148th Psalm, Praise him Sun and Moon, praise him all ye Stars of light: There's the special instance of the Text. The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the Firmament sheweth his handy-work (Psal. 19.1.) There is a kind of dutiful conspiration among all Creatures, even among the inanimate Creatures, in their places to praise God. And if you ask how they praise God? or how they sing? I answer in general, after their manner, 1as they are able, or as is suitable to their condition. The Stars sing not formally (and yet some say, there is a harmony in the motions of the Heavens; which being so constant, concordant, and uniform, hath a kind of Musick in it) but though they cannot praise God formally, yet,