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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 12-15
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Secondly, Light is wonderful, in its operation, power, and efficacy, in that it doth so suddenly chase away, conquer, and overcome darkness. Light gets victory over darkness in a moment. There's no darkness can abide the face of light. As soon as God commands the morning, let it be as da k as pitch, the darkness must away, and fly before it. Da•kness cannot withstand light, nor stand in the presence of it; there's no long dispute, light instantly gets the hands, the day, of darkness.
Secondly, Light is wonderful, in its operation, power, and efficacy, in that it doth so suddenly chase away, conquer, and overcome darkness. Light gets victory over darkness in a moment. There's no darkness can abide the face of light. As soon as God commands the morning, let it be as da k as pitch, the darkness must away, and fly before it. Da•kness cannot withstand light, nor stand in the presence of it; there's no long dispute, light instantly gets the hands, the day, of darkn•ss.
Thirdly, If we consider the pure nature o• light; 'tis as pure as purity it self. Light hath an inseparable and an insuperable purity; though it may be a while obscured, yet it cannot be at all polluted. Philosophers have spoken much about the nature of light, but none were ever able to comprehend it. Some said, it is a habit or quality of a light some body; 1yet none of their definitions reach it fully. They make it a quality; yet we may conceive it is rather to be ranked and reckoned among substances than accidents, it being a principal part of the Creation, and the express subject of Gods work the first day of it.
Thirdly, If we consider the pure nature o• ligh•; 'tis as pure as purity it self. Light hath an inseparable and an insuperable purity; though it may be a while obcured, yet it cannot be at all polluted. Philosophers have spoken much about the natue of light, but none were ever able to comprehend it. Some said, it is a habit or quality of a light some body;