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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.
Observe but what a gradation there is in this expression, to set forth the greatness of their desire after death: they do not only long for it, but they dig for it, digging you know is no ordinary labour, it is an extraordinary work, a hard labour; As longing is a strong desire, so digging is strong labour, hard labour. And then, it is no ordinary digging neither, but digging for a ⟨p. 447⟩treasure; men will dig hard for treasure; you see men will dig hard for a stone, for iron, for coals, how then will they dig for a mine of gold or silver. A man will dig the earth for a little money, but when a man diggeth, hoping to find money in the earth, that will make him work indeed; now they dig after such a manner; And beyond that, he saith they dig for it as for hidden treasure, that's a further degree of their endeavour after it.
Observe but what a gradation there is in this expression, to set forth the greatnesse of their desire after death: they doe not only long for it, but they dig for it, digging you know is no ordinary labour, it is an extraordinary worke, a hard labour; As longing is a strong desire, so digging is strong labour, hard labour. And then, it is no ordinary digging neither, but digging for a ⟨p. 447⟩treasure; men will dig hard for treasure; you see men will dig hard for a stone, for iron, for coales, how then will they dig for a mine of gold or silver. A man will dig the earth for a little money, but when a man diggeth, hoping to find money in the earth, that will make him worke indeed; now they dig after such a manner; And beyond that, he saith they dig for it as for hidden treasure, that's a further degree of their endeavour after it.
That which we translate, hidden treasure, 1is but one word in the Hebrew: It signifies any hidden thing, especially treasures, because treasures use to be hid or close laid up. And there is a two-fold hiding of treasures: There is a natural hiding, and there is an industrious and artificial hiding. There is a natural hiding, so treasures are hid, that lie in the bowels of the earth, they are naturally hid. Then treasures are hid by industry and by art; when we are afraid we shall be spoiled of our treasures, or that they shall be taken away, then there is a hiding them, and often a digging to hide them in the earth; As now in these times of spoil and violence, if a rich man hear that those spoilers are nigh, he presently hides his treasure. Now either as robbers dig and search for treasures industriously hid, or as miners dig and search for treasures naturally hid, so (saith Job) with such earnestness do these dig for death.