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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, It carries in it an allusion to that sweetness of affection that is among brethren (Psal. 133.1.) Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to dwell together in unity! then follows (vers. 3.) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Love and unity among brethren is like dew, it refresheth them and makes them fruitful; They who provoke one another to love, will also to good works (Heb. 10.24.) Unity makes a great increase. Small things grow great ⟨p. 227⟩by concord,1 whereas discord dwindleth or reduceth great things to little things, and at last to nothing.
Thirdly, It carries in it an allusion to that sweetness of affection that is among brethren (Psal. 133.1.) Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to dwel together in unity! then follows (vers. 3.) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Love and unity among brethren is like dew, it refresheth them and makes them fruitful; They who provoke one another to love, will also to good works (Heb. 10.24.) Unity makes a great increase. Small things grow great ⟨p. 227⟩by concord,1 whereas discord dwindleth or reduceth great things to little things, and at last to nothing.
- 1Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia magnae dilabuntur.