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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, As we should consider the excellency and beauty of God in the appearance of the morning, so his goodness, who hath made such a creature for us, who hath also prepared so many vessels to hold it and hold it out, or to dispense it to us. 'Tis God who hath made those great lights, the Sun to rule the day, and the Moon and Stars to rule the night (Gen. 1.16.) The day would be night to us, if God had not prepared the Sun (for though there were three days before the Sun was made, yet now 'tis the Sun which makes the day) and the night would be nothing but darkness to us, if God had not prepared the Moon and the Stars. How great then is the goodness of God to man, who hath made light for us, and who thus conveys and dispenseth it to us according to our need, both by day, and by night!
Secondly, As we should consider the excellency and beauty of God in the appearance of the morning, so his goodness, who hath made such a creature for us, who hath also prepared so many vessels to hold it and hold it out, or to dispence it to us. 'Tis God who hath made those great lights, the Sun to rule the day, and the Moon and Stars to rule the night (Gen. 1.16.) The day would be night to us, if God had not prepared the Sun (for though there were three days before the Sun was made, yet now 'tis the Sun which makes the day) and the night would be nothing but darkness to us, if God had not prepared the Moon and the Stars. How great then is the goodness of God to man, who hath made light for us, and who thus conveys and dispenseth it to us according to our need, both by day, and by night!
Thirdly, We should hence be minded to pay our debt of thankfulness to God every day. History tells us, that the ancient Rhodians or inhabitants of the Isle called Rhodes, erected a mighty Colossus (according to their heathenish superstition) in honour of the Sun, who once a day at least opened his face upon their Island, though it were over-cast with clouds, muffled up, and veiled to all other parts of the world. Though, possibly, we do not see the face of the Sun every day, yet we enjoy the light and influences of it every day. God hath commanded the Sun in the Firmament to attend us, to be about us, to comfort us, every morning; and shall we be unthankful! If in a dark night a friend will but lend us a candle and a lantern, we thank him; What matter of thanks to God then should it be, that he hath set up those candles, those torches, those lamps of light for our comfort and guidance continually.