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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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Now forasmuch as the rain cometh upon the wilderness, where 'tis very improbable to have rain,1 because vapours, which are the matter of rain, are raised u•ually from moist places, from the seas and rivers; but from the wilderness, and from heaths and deserts, which are dry places, how should vapours rise? yet, saith God, though there is no rain begotten there, yet I will send rain thither; I will cause the wind to rise and carry the clouds, and the thunder shall break the clouds, and they shall pour down waters upon the wilderness. Did not the Lord cause the winds to dive the clouds over wildernesses and desert places, and there to unburden themselves, they would be altogether without rain.
Now forasmuch as the rain cometh upon the wilderness, where 'tis very improb•ble to have rain,1 because vapours, which are the matter of rain, are raised u•ually from moist places, from the seas and rivers; but from the wilderness, and from heaths and deserts, which are dry places, how should vapours rise? yet, saith God, though there is no rain begotten there, yet I will send rain thither; I will cause the wind to rise and carry the clouds, and the thunde• shall break the clouds, and they shall pour down wate•s upon the wilderness. Did not the Lord cause the winds to d ive the clouds over wildernesses and desert places, and there to unburthen themselves, they would be altogether without rain.
- 1Vapours pl•viosi elevantur maximè ex locis •umidis; unde si•ubes & pl•viae non impellerentur à ventis sequeretur, quòd nunquam in lo•is siccis plueretur. Aquin.Vapores pl•viosi elevantur maximè ex locis umidis; unde siubes & plviae non impellerentur à ventis sequeretur, quòd nunquam in lois siccis plueretur. Aquin.