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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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as also the Suns coming, in its descending course, to the other middle point of the heavens, which makes the Autumnal Equinox, at which time the day and night are again of an equal length, as about the eleventh of our September. Now according to all these variations of the Suns motion, the day-spring varieth its place day by day; and the Lord enquires of Job, how this comes to pass; Hast thou caused the day-spring to know its place? No, 'tis I that have made the day-spring to know its place, I have appointed it those several stages where it shall rise to day, and where to morrow, and where every day throughout the year; this is from my contrivement and appointment, not from thine. Hast thou caused the day-spring to know its place?
Hence Note; First, It is the Lord, who appoints every creature its proper place.
The beauty of the world, is from the order of the world; and that every creature knows its place, makes the whole creation amiable.1 The World is expressed in Greek by a word noting the beauty, and order of it. And that which renders the creatures not only beautiful but serviceable to man, is the order they are placed in. The Sun keeping its appointed course, makes Summer at one time, and Winter at another. The Sun ever moves in (unless stayed by miracle, as in Joshua's time) but never moves out of its place. As no creature is burdensome, so there's no creature unserviceable, when kept in its place, as was further showed (vers. 10.)
The beauty of the world, is from the order of the world; and that every creature knows its place, makes the whole creation amiable.1 The World is expressed in Greek by a word noting the beauty, and order of it. And that which renders the creatures not onely beautiful but serviceable to man, is the order they are placed in. The Sun keeping its appointed course, makes Summer at one time, and Winter at another. The Sun ever moves in (unless stayed by miracle, as in Joshua's time) but never moves out of its place. As no creature is burdensome, so there's no creature unserviceable, when kept in its place, as was surther shewed (vers. 10.)