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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 8-11
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As soon as ever it brake forth out of the earth, it covered the earth; and so it would do again, if the Lord should let it alone. David took special notice of this work of God (Psal. 104.9.) Thou hast set a bound that they (the waters spoken of vers. 6, 7, 8.) cannot pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth. Which plainly implieth, that the waters would turn again to cover the earth, and so recover their first liberty, even to overspread the face of the whole earth, did not God restrain and hold them in, as was showed before in the general explication of this verse.
As soon as ever it brake forth out of the earth, it covered the earth; and so it would do again, if the Lord should let it alone. David took special notice of this work of God (Psal. 104.9.) Thou hast set a bound that they (the waters spoken of vers. 6, 7, 8.) cannot pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth. Which plainly implieth, that the waters would turn again to cover the earth, and so recover their first liberty, even to overspread the face of the whole earth, did not God restrain and hold them in, as was shewed before in the general explication of this verse.
Secondly, Note; The creature can go no farther than God permits or suffers.
Rational creatures often go beyond the commands of God; but neither they, nor any creature, can go beyond the counsel of God: They who transgress or pass over the line of his revealed will, cannot pass over the line of his secret will. The Lord secretly puts a stop to all creatures, as here, to the sea. How extravagant soever mens spirits are, or their practices are, yet they are under an over-ruling power. The sea hath continued under this command ever since God made it; it hath gone no further than the Lord would. Though it be a truth that the sea hath broken visible and natural, yea artificial banks, and bounds, and bars; yet it hath never broken those special invisible banks, bounds, and bars,