A35389:1686
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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Small and great.] There is a two-fold quantity, in which men may be considered. There is a natural quantity, and there is a civill quantity, and in both quantities, small and great are there.
Small and great.] There is a two-fold quantity, in which men may be considered. There is a naturall quantity, and there is a civill quantity, and in both quantities, small and great are there.
First, There is a natural quantity, by which men are distinguished into small and great, children and men of full growth: in the grave such small and great are mixed: little children, children of a span long, mingle their dust with men of highest stature.
First, There is a naturall quantity, by which men are distinguished into small and great, children and men of full growth: in the grave such small and great are mixed: little children, children of a span long, mingle their dust with men of highest stature.
Again, There is a civill quantity, and so the small are the poor, the low and the mean, they are small ones in a civill account: And civill greatness, is power, riches and honour: the honourable they are the great men, and the rich are great men, in a civill quantity; so the word is used, Chap. 1. ver. 3. Job was the greatest of all the men of the East, he was the greatest in civill quantity, in regard of his power, honour and riches. The Prophet Jeremiah opposes the poor and the great, (chap. 5. ver. 4, 5.) Therefore I said, surely these are poor, &c. I will get me unto the great men, sc. the rich and honourable, the Princes and the Magistrates.
Againe, There is a civill quantity, and so the small are the poore, the low and the meane, they are small ones in a civill account: And civill greatnesse, is power, riches and honour: the honourable they are the great men, and the rich are great men, in a civill quantity; so the word is used, Chap. 1. ver. 3. Job was the greatest of all the men of the East, he was the greatest in civill quantity, in regard of his power, honour and riches. The Prophet Jeremie opposes the poore and the great, (chap. 5. ver. 4, 5.) Therefore I said, surely these are poore, &c. I will get me unto the great men, sc. the rich and honourable, the Princes and the Magistrates.