A35389:1626
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.
First, Because when the body is laid in there, all company and all friends leave it; you shall have a mighty train following their friend to the grave, but there they leave him. Kings and Counsellors have stately Funerals, but when their subjects or friends, favourites or flatterers have brought them to the tomb and opened the door of the grave, they go no further, they will not go in with them, and dwell with their bodies in the dust of death, as much as they honoured or adored them when they lived: so that, they are in desolate places.
First, Because when the body is layed in there, all company and all friends leave it; you shall have a mighty traine following their friend to the grave, but there they leave him. Kings and Counsellours have stately Funerals, but when their subjects or friends, favourites or flatterers have brought them to the tombe and opened the doore of the grave, they goe no further, they will not goe in with them, and dwell with their bodies in the dust of death, as much as they honour'd or ador'd them when they lived: so that, they are in desolate places.
Secondly, Graves may be called desolate places, because Tombs and Sepulchres were in desolate places, they were made in some high Mountain or caved Valley, in some place remote from the company and habitations of the living; for in former times they did not bury in Cities or in Townes, but in places where few came, till they were carried, and therefore properly called desolate places. 1It is observed, that among the Romans, the first Emperor that was buried in Rome was Trajan. And the law of the twelve Tables did prohibit both the burial and the burning of the dead within the City. So then it is clear, that anciently Tombs and Monuments were erected in desolate places, and that great cost was bestowed in building and beautifying of them; both which favour and illustrate the exposition given. It follows in the Text; Or with Princes that had gold, who fill their houses with treasure.
Secondly, Graves may be called desolate places, because Tombes and Sepulchres were in desolate places, they were made in some high Mountaine or caved Valley, in some place remote from the company and habitations of the living; for in former times they did not bury in Cities or in Townes, but in places where few came, till they were carried, and therefore properly called desolate places.