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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 1-3
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Now that God alone hath created and doth order all things, he himself proves, by calling Job to show where he was When the Foundation of the Earth was laid, and Bounds were set to the Sea, &c. and so proceeds to assert and hold forth his sole Power in furnishing the Earth with Beasts, the Air with Fowls, and the Sea with Fish.
Now that God alone hath created and doth order all things, he himself proves, by calling Job to shew where he was When the Foundation of the Earth was laid, and Bounds were set to the Sea, &c. and so proceeds to assert and hold forth his sole Power in furnishing the Earth with Beasts, the Air with Fowls, and the Sea with Fish.
The Lord having thus given Job to understand, that the whole World is his Work, and that he gave Being to all the Creatures in the World for the help of man, without the help of man, would have him thereby also understand and be convinced, that he and all men ought to adore, and quietly submit to his providential workings, or the products of his Providence all the world over.
That's (as was said) the general Point carried through this whole Discourse of God with Job, the particulars whereof yield much ⟨p. 6⟩matter both of Meditation and Admiration. I begin with the Preface: Vers. 1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the Whirlwind, and said.
That's (as was said) the general Point carried through this whole Discourse of God with Job, the particulars whereof yeeld much ⟨p. 6⟩matter both of Meditation and Admiration. I begin with the Preface: Vers. 1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the Whirlwind, and said.