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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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Because the cold which makes the hoary Frost, comes from the Air, which is o•ten in Scripture called Heaven.
Hence Note; The Lord will be acknowledged as the Author of Ice and Frost.
They are the effects of his power and declaration of his glory; and therefore the Lord calls such-like meteors to praise him, (Psal. 148.8.) as evidences or p••ofs of his power and wondrous works (Psal. 147.16, 17.) He scattereth his hoar Frost like ashes, he casteth forth his Ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold? The Lord takes the Ice and Frost and Cold to be his; it is not only his Sun, but his Ice, and his Frost; he scatters his hoar Frost like ashes. The Frost is compared to ashes in a threefold respect: first, Because the hoar Frost gives a little interruption to the fight. I• you scatter ashes into the Air, it darkens the light, so doth the hoary Frost. Secondly, hoary Frost is like ashes, because near in colour to ashes. Thirdly, 'Tis like ashes, because there is a kind of burning in it; Frost burns the tender buds and blossoms,1 i• nips them, and dries them up. The hoary Frost, hath its denomination in the Latin Tongue from burning, & it differs but a very little from that word which is commonly used in Latin, for a coal of fire. The cold Frost hath a kind of scotching in it, as well as the hot Sun: Unseasonable Frosts in the Spring, scorch the tender fruits, which bad effect of Frost is usually expressed by Carbunculation or blasting. Frost is sometimes a great benefit, and sometimes a great scourge; when it comes opportunely