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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 22-23
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But some may say, why hath the Lord such vast treasures of snow and hail? what are they good for, or to what use do they serve? What the use or usefulness of the snow is, as well as the nature of it, was showed in some particulars at the sixth verse of the 37th Chapter. Here God himself declares what use he hath of snow and hail, or what service he puts them to, in the next words.
But some may say, why hath the Lord such vast treasures of snow and hail? what are they good for, or to what use do they serve? What the use or usefulness of the snow is, as well as the nature of it, was shewed in some particulars at the sixth verse of the 37th Chapter. Here God himself declares what use he hath of snow and hail, or what service he puts them to, in the next words.
Vers. 23. Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war.
Vers. 23. Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battel and war.
As God hath made nothing in vain, so he doth not reserve or lay up any thing in vain. The Lord is a God of knowledge (1 Sam. 2.3.) by him, as our actions, so his own are weighed. This verse shows one use or end of his reserving stores of snow and hail, and that an extraordinary one. The ordinary use of snow and hail is for some good or benefit to men indifferently, as the Sun shines and the rain falls, whether good or bad. The use here spoken of is only for the hurt and punishment of bad men. Some restrain the antecedent of this relative which, in the beginning of the verse, to the hail only, because no mention is made (say they) in Scripture of any hurt done by snow; but of hurt done by hail we read more than once there.