John Trapp on Job 38:12

Verſe 12. Haſt thou commanded the morning, ſince thy dayes?] It may be thou wilt ſay, Theſe are ancient things, done long before I was born: but ask me of things within my reach, and remembrance. Well then, what ſaieſt thou to the Sun-riſing? Haſt thou either lengthened or haſtened it at any time, ſince thou wert born, cauſing it to riſe at ſuch or ſuch an hour, in ſuch or ſuch a point of heaven according to the divers degrees and ſituations of the Zodiak? No: this is more than ever any man could do: The day is thine, the night alſo is thine, ſaith David, Thou haſt prepared the light and the Sun, Thou haſt ſet all the borders of the earth, thou haſt made ſummer and winter, Pſal. 74.16, 17. If all the Emperours and Potentates of the earth ſhould conjoyn their forces to hinder or haſten the riſing of the Sun, they could never do it. Joſhua did indeed ſtop the courſe of the Sun: but that was by the power of God ſet a work by his faithful prayer; Whence One cryeth out, O admirabilem piarum precum vim ac potentiam, quibus etiam coeleſtia cedunt! O the admirable power of Prayer, force of Faith, which is ſuch as the viſible heavens are ſenſible of, and giveth way to! how then ſhould earth or hell ſtand before it?

And cauſe the day-ſpring to know his place] The word day-ſpring comes from blackneſſe; for it is not [non-Latin text not transcribed] clear light at firſt: but [non-Latin text not transcribed],Auroraſic à nigrore dicta qui eam comitatur. rather dark, than light.