Job xxxviii. 31, 32. "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? "Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sous?"

In consideration of the day in which Job lived, it is quite probable that the four constellations mentioned in the text are those which grace the heavens with a line of glory, commencing with Pleiades and ending with Sirius and his surrounding lesser lights; however, be Mazzaroth the same with the signs of the zodiac instead of Taurus, and be the Arcturus of Job the same with the Arcturus of today, the indications remain that, inasmuch as the times and orbits of these constellations cannot be changed, influenced, or bound, they are under the absolute government of a mighty Power that is infinitely supreme; hence by the order of their march the inanimate bear witness of their Maker and Governor, not conqueror; while at the same time free agency is established in the animate and intelligent that the qualities of both good and evil may be proved, and also that the fitness or unfitness of the creature as a self-governing intelligence worthy of life may be fully demonstrated. Free agency under the Law was also established that the offence might abound and judgment be rendered against all evil-doers, irrespective of host, so that eventually evil could be wholly blotted out never to return.