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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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Fifthly, Note; The Work of Creation should continually call up our thoughts to the praise of God, to sing and shout his praises.
Did the Stars (take them properly) and did the Sons of God (the Angels) rejoice when the work first began? and is not the work to be rejoiced in now 'tis finished? Though sin hath sullied the work, yet the glory of God is still transparent in it, the power, goodness, and wisdom of God are gloriously seen in the things that are made (Rom. 1.20.) not only were they seen, but they are •een to this day. The creatures are still a glass wherein we may ••hold the invisible things of God, even his eternal ⟨p. 90⟩Power and God-head, so that they who glorify him not in and for those works, will be found and left without excuse: They are a book, a volume, consisting of as many leaves and lines as there are distinct sorts of creatures, wherein we may read the great God plainly described to us: and if so, let us remember our fault this day; Is it not our sin and shame, that we are so little in admiring God for this work, which set all the Angels in heaven a singing, a shouting, a wondering? There are several things in the Works of Creation, which well considered, will soon provoke us to singing and to shouting. First, The multitude of Creatures. Secondly, The various kinds of Creatures. Thirdly, The beauty and excellency that is in the Creatures. Fourthly, The profit and the usefulness of the Creatures. These laid together, should draw out our praises, and cause us to exalt the power, wisdom and goodness of God manifested in and by his Creatures.
Did the Stars (take them properly) and did the Sons of God (the Angels) rejoyce when the work first began? and is not the work to be rejoyced in now 'tis finished? Though sin hath sullied the work, yet the glory of God is still transparent in it, the power, goodness, and wisdom of God are gloriously seen in the things that are made (