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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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And this exposition seems most proper, if we take in the latter part of the verse, where he saith, and whom God hath hedged in: This explains the hiding of his way, to be the hedging of his way, such an encompassing of him about with sorrows, that he could not make his way out.
And this exposition seemes most proper, if we take in the latter part of the verse, where he saith, and whom God hath hedged in: This explaines the hiding of his way, to be the hedging of his way, such an incompassing of him about with sorrowes, that he could not make his way out.
In the first Chapter, you may remember, that Satan was much troubled that God had made a hedge about Job; And now Job himself is much troubled, that God had made a hedge about him: I am the man, saith he, whom God hath hedged in. That which before was the object of Satan's envy, is now become the object of Jobs complaint, a hedge: Sure then it was not the same hedge. No, that which Satan complained of, and envied at, was a hedge of mercy, and a hedge of blessings, a hedge of favour and of protection: But this which Job complaineth of, is a hedge of thorny troubles, and of pricking sorrows: The former was (as we may speak) a hedge of Roses, and this was a hedge of Briars. That was a hedge so high and strong, that no evil could come in, to, or break through, to annoy him; And this was a hedge so high and strong, that no good could come or be brought unto him.
In the first Chapter, you may remember, that Satan was much troubled that God had made a hedge about Job; And now Job himselfe is much troubled, that God had made a hedge about him: I am the man, saith he, whom God hath hedged in. That which before was the object of Satans envy, is now become the object of Jobs complaint, a hedge: Sure then it was not the same hedge. No, that which Satan complained of, and envied at, was a hedge of mercy, and a hedge of blessings, a hedge of favour and of protection: But this which Job complaineth of, is a hedge of thorny troubles, and of pricking sorrows: The former was (as we may speake) a hedge of Roses, and this was a hedge of Bryars. That was a hedge so high and strong, that no evill could come in, to, or breake through, to annoy him; And this was a hedge so high and strong, that no good could come or be brought unto him.