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Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 9:9

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Job9:9

9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south .

Either 1. created them; or rather 2. ordereth and disposeth them, as the word making is sometimes used in Scripture, governeth their rising and setting, and all their Influences.

These he names as Stars or Constellations of greatest note and eminency; for so they are both in Scripture and other Authors, and such as have▪ or are thought to have a special influence in railing Storms and Tempests; but under them he seems to comprehend all the Stars, which as they were created by God, so are under his Government. Arcturus is a Northern Constellation, near that called the Bear, which riseth to us about the beginning of September, and by its rising produceth (as Pliny affirm[illegible: 1+ letters]) [illegible: 1 word] Storms and Tempests. Orion is a [illegible: 1+ letters]re Southernly Constellation, that ariseth to us in December, and is noted by Astronomers for raising fearful Winds and Tempests both by Sea and Land. The Pleiades is a Constellation not far from Orion, and near that called the Bull, which we call the Seven Stars: To us it riseth at the beginning of the Spring, and by its rising causeth Rains and Tempests, and therefore is unwelcom to Mariners at Sea. By the chambers, (or inmost and secret chambers, as the word signifies) of the South, he seems to understand those Stars and Constellations which are towards the Southern Pole which are fitly called inward chambers, because they are for the most part hid and shut up (as Chambers commonly are) from these parts of the World, and do not rise or appear to us till the beginning of Summer, when they also raise Southerly Winds and Tempests, as Astronomers observe.

Marginal references: Chap. 38. 31. &c. Amos 5. 8.; Heb. [illegible: 1 word], Cesil, & Cri [illegible: 1+ letters]ah.

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