Wesley Corpus

Both summer and winter will have their course God indeed can change them when he pleases, can make the spring cold, and so bind the influences of Pleiades, and the winter warm, and so loose the bands of Orion; but we cannot. Bring forth - Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise and appear Arcturus - Those in the northern. His sons - The lesser stars, which are placed round about them; and attend upon them, as children upon their parents. Ordinances - The laws which are firmly established concerning their order, motion, or rest, and their powerful influences upon this lower world. Didst thou give these laws Or dost thou perfectly know them Canst thou - Manage and over rule their influences. Cover thee - Thy land when it needs rain. Mire - By reason of much rain. Hunt - Is it by thy care that the lions who live in desert places are furnished with necessary provisions This is another wonderful work of God. Raven - Having mentioned the noblest of brute creatures, he now mentions one of the most contemptible; to shew the care of God's providence over all creatures, both great and small. Their young ones are so soon forsaken by their dams, that if God did not provide for them in a more than ordinary manner, they would be starved to death. And will he that provides for the young ravens, fail to provide for his own children.