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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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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.
Then again, If I had not so much favour to die as soon as ever I came from the womb, or to die in the very birth; yet, Why did the knees prevent me? or the breasts that I should suck?
Then againe, If I had not so much favour to die assoone as ever I came from the wombe, or to die in the very birth; yet, Why did the knees prevent me? or the breasts that I should sucke?
Here are two steps aggravating the cause of his curse against his day. If I had not been borne dead saith Job, or died naturally ⟨p. 397⟩as soon as I was borne, yet why was I not left to perish? I should have died quickly, if they had let me alone, though I were born alive into the world; that is the meaning of those words, Why did the knees prevent me? why was there any care taken of me? why did the Midwife and the Assistant women take me upon their knees? why did they wash me, swathe me and bind me up? If they had not been so kind, it had been a kindness unto me, if they had spared their labour, they had done me a favour; If they had omitted their care, how many cares had I escaped?
Here are two steps aggravating the cause of his curse against his day. If I had not been borne dead saith Job, or died naturally ⟨p. 397⟩assoone as I was borne, yet why was I not left to perish? I should have died quickly, if they had let me alone, though I were born alive into the world; that is the meaning of those words, Why did the knees prevent me? why was there any care taken of me? why did the Midwife and the Assistant women take me upon their knees? why did they wash me, swathe me and bind me up? If they had not been so kind, it had been a kindnesse unto me, if they had spared their labour, they had done me a favour; If they had omitted their care, how many cares had I escaped?