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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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First, The sea is Gods, and he hath made it.
(Psal. 95.5.) And he made it, as to declare his own glory, so to promote our good (Psal. 104.25, 26.) The earth (O Lord) is full of thy riches; so is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts; there go the ships; there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to play therein. O magnify God, who hath made the sea so vast, so wide, so great, yet so useful and commodious. As the sea is a terrible creature, so a beneficial creature, bringing forth and feeding an innumerable company of beasts, as the Psalmist speaks. We may as soon number the sands, as the shoals of fish bred and nourished in those mighty waters.
(Psal. 95.5.) And he made it, as to declare his own glory, so to promote our good (Psal. 104.25, 26.) The earth (O Lord) is full of thy riches; so is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts; there go the ships; there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to play therein. O magnifie God, who hath made the sea so vast, so wide, so great, yet so useful and commodious. As the sea is a terrible creature, so a beneficial creature, bringing forth and feeding an innumerable company of beasts, as the Psalmist speaks. We may as soon number the sands, as the shoals of fish bred and nourished in those mighty waters.
Secondly, As the sea is the Lords, and he made it; so the sea is the Lords, and he masters it.