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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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Again, Taking the Stars for the Angels, they were Morning Stars; the Angels sang and shouted for joy, in the Morning.
Hence, Observe; The very first appearances of the power and wisdom of God in his works, should put us upon the work of praise and rejoicing.
Hence, Observe; The very first appearances of the power and wisdom of God in his works, should put us upon the work of praise and rejoycing.
We say truly, better late than never; but 'tis best to be early, and with the first, in a good work. David did not only awake early, or in the morning, to praise God; but as the Hebrew may be rendered, he awakened the morning (Psal. 57.8.) David was a morning man in praising of God; so were the Angels. 'Tis healthful both for soul and body to be morning men, to be early, both in praising God, and praying to him. God requires, and he infinitely deserves the first fruits of our time, our youth, which is the morning of our life, the first fruits of our age, should be dedicated to God (Eccles. 12.1.) and so should the morning, which is the youth (if I may so speak) of every day. Our first thoughts should be of God and with God; as soon as we awake, we should set open the door of our hearts by meditation, to let God in, and knock open the doors of heaven by prayer and supplication to get in to God. It should not be unlamented, that the course of most men runs so contrary to this; their senses are no sooner loosed from the bands of sleep, but they let loose their thoughts, and set the doors of their souls wide open to sensitive, sometimes to wicked and sensual objects; and so shut out God and matters of greatest moment, to and about their immortal souls. How unworthy are such of this blessed relation, under which the Angels, those early praisers of God, are here represented, Sons of God.