A35389:1654
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.
An untimely birth is said not to have been. A not being is taken two ways. First, Strictly for that which never had any life at all, and so some interpret this, for there are abortions or untimely births, before quickening or before there is any life. Secondly,1 Not to be, is not to subsist, or not to live: When that which hath lived dies, it is said not to be. The Prophet brings in Rachel, weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not, Jer. 31.15. that is, because they were dead. Josephs brethren pleading before unknown Joseph, tell him, thy servants are twelve brethren, and behold the youngest is this day with his father, and one is not, Gen. 42.13. that is, one is dead. So Jacob speaks at the 30th. verse of the same chapter, Joseph is not, &c. Hence that answer of the Wise-man to Alexander, who demanding of him, whether the living or the dead were more in number, said, The living, for the dead are not.
An untimely birth is said not to have been. A not being is taken two wayes. First, Strictly for that which never had any life at all, and so some interpret this, for there are abortions or untimely births, before quickning or before there is any life. Secondly,1 Not to be, is not to subsist, or not to live: When that which hath lived dies, it is said not to be. The Prophet brings in Rachel, weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not, Jer. 31.15. that is, because they were dead. Josephs bretheren pleading before unknowne Joseph, tell him, thy servants are twelve bretheren, and behold the youngest is this day with his father, and one is not, Gen. 42.13. that is, one is dead. So Jacob speakes at the 30th. verse of the same chapter, Joseph is not, &c. Hence that answer of the Wise-man to Alexander, who demanding of him, whether the living or the dead were more in number, said, The living, for the dead are not.