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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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Hath the Rain a father? Not on earth. Nor are the Heavens the Father of the Rain; the God of Heaven is. As not a shower, no nor a drop of Rain falls on the earth at the will or by the power of man;1 so not by the power of the Sun drawing up the vapours and dissolving the Clouds, nor by the Winds scattering the Clouds. The Sun may shine, the Moon may change, the Winds may blow and turn long enough, yet no Rain till the Lord gives ⟨p. 219⟩the Word. Some (and that not improperly) have called the Sun The father of the Rain. The Sun draws up those vapours from the earth into the Air, which are the matter of Rain, and there those vapours are condensed into Clouds, and afterwards rarefied and dissolved into Rain; yet these natural causes produce these effects only as God sets them on work, and he can suspend their working as often as he will. And therefore the simple and plain meaning of this question is, the Rain owes its original to God, and must call him father: And that's the observation which riseth out of this question, Hath the Rain a Father?
Hath the Rain a father? Not on earth. Nor are the Heavens the Father of the Rain; the God of Heaven is. As not a shower, no nor a drop of Rain falls on the earth at the will or by the power of man;1 so not by the power of the Sun drawing up the vapours and dissolving the Clouds, nor by the Winds scattering the Clouds. The Sun may shine, the Moon may change, the Winds may blow and turn long enough, yet no Rain till the Lord gives ⟨p. 219⟩the Word. Some (and that not improperly) have called the Sun The father of the Rain. The Sun draws up those vapours from the earth into the Air, which are the matter of Rain, and there those vapours are condensed into Clouds, and afterwards rarified and dissolved into Rain; yet these natural causes produce these effects only as God sets them on work, and he can suspend their working as often as he will. And therefore the simple and plain meaning of this question is, the Rain owes its original to God, and must call him father: And that's the observation which riseth out of this question, Hath the Rain a Father?