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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 19-21
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Hast thou done this, O Job? surely no; that's my work; I am he that taketh the Sun in my hand, and bringeth it to the bounds thereof; I direct at what point it shall rise and set; It is I that know the paths to the house thereof, and so can readily call for it, and cause it to appear in time and place appointed: Thou knowest not where t• have the light, how to bring light forth; but I do. From these two verses laid and considered together,
Observe, First; Natural light and darkness have their special places, their dwelling places; yet they have no where a•y long abiding place.
A Tabernacle (not a standing house) is set for the Sun (Psal. 19.4.) A Tabernacle is a moveable house. The Sun hath a house every where, but it keeps house or abides no where. 'Tis not only always moving in its place, but daily removing to other places; and so, consequentially, is darkness. As it is thus with natural light and darkness, about which the question is literally proposed, so with civil light and darkness, about which the question also is intended. These have their places, their dwellings, and 'tis seldom that they dwell long in any one place. Light and darkness are not more interchangeable in the Air, than joy and sorrow are in the states and conditions of men.
A Tabernacle (not a standing house) is set for the Sun (Psal. 19.4.) A Tabernacle is a moveable house. The Sun hath a house every where, but it keeps house or abides no where. 'Tis not only alwayes moving in its place, but daily removing to other places; and so, consequentially, is darkness. As it is thus with natural light and darkness, about which the question is literally proposed, so with civil light and darkness, about which the question also is intended. These have their places, their dwellings, and 'tis seldome that they dwell long in any one place. Light and darkness are not more interchangeable in the Air, than joy and sorrow are in the states and conditions of men.