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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
whose infant sticks in the birth, if God suspend his help, but if he open the door by a hand of gracious providence, she brings forth, Even before she travails, (as the same Prophet speaks,) and before she is in pain she is delivered. I have adventured to lengthen out this notion somewhat further then that hint in the Text doth well bear, only because we being a people now in strong travail, and wanting strength to bring forth, may be directed to consider whose hand holds the key which opens the womb of Nations as well as persons, and at the turning of whose hand, we shall quickly be delivered; and being delivered, we shall ⟨p. 392⟩quickly forget all our pains and pangs, for joy that a man-child, such a masculine blessing is borne into the world. But the Text goes on still in tears. As follows, Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
whose infant sticks in the birth, if God suspend his helpe, but if he open the doore by a hand of gracious providence, she brings forth, Even before she travailes, (as the same Prophet speakes,) and before she is in paine she is delivered. I have adventured to lengthen out this notion somewhat further then that hint in the Text doth well beare, only because we being a people now in strong travaile, and wanting strength to bring forth, may be directed to consider whose hand holds the key which opens the wombe of Nations as well as persons, and at the turning of whose hand, we shall quickly be delivered; and being delivered, we shall ⟨p. 392⟩quickly forget all our paines and pangs, for joy that a man-child, such a masculine blessing is borne into the world. But the Text goes on still in teares. As followes, Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
1The word which we translate sorrow, signifies more properly labour and weariness, or the weariness that doth arise from labour, and so from thence it is translated to signify any kind of sorrow or trouble.