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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 24-27
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The Word signifies a great inundation, or a pouring forth of water, a Cataract. Moses describing the Deluge, saith (Gen. 7.11.) The windows of heaven were opened. And when at any time it rains, it may be said, the Lord in some degree opens the windows of heaven. We are not to understand (as was touched before) this over-flowing of water, of the waters flowing upon the Earth, but of the waters flowing from Heaven down upon the Earth; for the Lord speaks not of Floods on Earth to destroy, but of plentiful and seasonable rain, to nourish the fruits of the Earth, as is clear from the 27th verse. Now saith the Lord, Who hath divided a Water-course for these waters? that they might not come down, as I may say, in a Full-sea, but as by or in pipes and channels, to refresh the Earth. The Lord hath his Water-works in Heaven, as men have theirs on Earth. This elegant Metaphor shadows out that certain Rule or Law of Nature which the Lord hath given those waters above, when they are commanded to slow down for the use and service of Man and Beast here below. The Lord enquires of Job for the Author of these upper Water-works, Who hath divided a Water-course for the over-flowing of Waters?
The Word signifies a great inundation, or a pouring forth of water, a Chataract. Moses describing the Deluge, saith (Gen. 7.11.) The windows of heaven were opened. And when at any time it rains, it may be said, the Lord in some degree opens the windows of heaven. We are not to understand (as was toucht before) this over-flowing of water, of the waters flowing upon the Earth, but of the waters flowing from Heaven down upon the Earth; for the Lord speaks not of Floods on Earth to destroy, but of plentiful and seasonable rain, to nourish the fruits of the Earth, as is clear from the 27th verse. Now saith the Lord, Who hath divided a Water-course for these waters? that they might not come down, as I may say, in a Full-sea, but as by or in pipes and channels, to refresh the Earth. The Lord hath his Water-works in Heaven, as men have theirs on Earth. This elegant Metaphor shadows out that certain Rule or Law of Nature which the Lord hath given those waters above, when they are commanded to slow down for the use and service of Man and Beast here below. The Lord enquires of Job for the Author of these upper Water-works, Who hath divided a Water-course for the over-flowing of Waters?