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An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of…
An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Job delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus near the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Iob delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus neare the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by G. Miller for Henry Overton, 1643
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And when it is objected against this opinion; Why doth Job mention Leviathan or the Whale, if that be his meaning to allude unto the sinful passion of disappointed fishermen; for vain men in that employment, are as apt to curse and be passionate when they miss of their intendments in labouring to catch any kind of fish?
And when it is objected against this opinion; Why doth Job mention Leviathan or the Whale, if that be his meaning to allude unto the sinfull passion of disappointed fishermen; for vaine men in that imployment, are as apt to curse and be passionate when they misse of their intendments in labouring to catch any kind of fish?
To this answer may be given in two things. First, This business of fishing for the Whale, is a business of great charge and ⟨p. 371⟩greater danger, and because greatest losses raise greatest passions, and the higher our disappointments are, the higher is our language: therefore Job who intended here the highest and greatest curse, wishes it parallel with that, which the greatest cursers belch forth, when (as they pretend) they have greatest occasion, yea (as they call reason) reason to curse: And who should these be but ignorant or idolatrous fishermen, and they at such a pinch, when they have lost the hope of their greatest gain. As if Job had said, let as big a curse fall upon that night, as ever fell from the mouths of those profane fishers, not only when they have bin successless in fishing for a Herring or a Sprat, but when after all their pains, and cost they cannot take Leviathan. Micahs mother cursed, when the eleven hundred shekels of silver were stolen from her, Judg. 17.1, 2. To loose what we hope for, vexes corrupt nature as much as the loss of what we have. They who have not treasure in Heaven, and to whom godliness is not more the earthly gain, cannot but be enraged, when the hope of their gain is gone upon the earth.
To this answer may be given in two things. First, This businesse of fishing for the Whale, is a businesse of great charge and