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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 28-30
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Thirdly, To show that these creatures are not produced by causes which are constant and unvariable in nature, but proceed from and daily depend upon the power and will of God, who sometimes checks and stops the course of Nature, and at other ⟨p. 218⟩times impregnates it for the production of these effects, or brings them forth by the Midwifery and help of second causes.
Thirdly, To shew that these creatures are not produced by causes which are constant and unvariable in nature, but proceed from and daily depend upon the power and will of God, who somtimes checks and stops the course of Nature, and at other ⟨p. 218⟩times impregnates it for the production of these effects, or brings them forth by the Midwifery and help of second causes.
Fourthly, When the Lord propounds the Question under this Relation of a Father, he would show or teach us that he gives Rain, and Dew to the earth, as a father gives food and other requisites to his children.
Fourthly, When the Lord propounds the Question under this Relation of a Father, he would shew or teach us that he gives Rain, and Dew to the earth, as a father gives food and other requisites to his children.
Further, This seems to be the design of God in putting these Questions to Job, that forasmuch as he could not fully comprehend the causation and production of these things, much less was able to cause or produce them himself, but must receive them from the power and according to the dispose and providence of God; therefore he should refer all his concernments to the same Providence, and so rest satisfied whether God sent him a sweet and refreshing Rain and Dew, or a grievous and afflictive season of Ice and Frost.