An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 12-15

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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.

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 vailed 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 lanthorn, 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.

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Fourthly, If God hath commanded the light, so excellent a creature to serve us, to be for our use, then let us make use of the light to serve the Lord in and by; let us make use of natural light, that of the Sun in the air; and of spiritual light, that of Christ the Sun in the Gospel, most of all. Let us make use of natural ⟨p. 124⟩

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 38, verse 12-15, p. 124. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

Year

1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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