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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Book of Job being the substance of XXXV lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed for L. Fawne, 1656
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters o… › Chapter 4 › Verses 1-6
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.
Now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest, it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Thou hast instructed many, thou hast strengthened the weak hands, &c. but now it is come upon thee, &c. That is trouble and affliction 1are come upon thee.
Thou hast instructed many, thou hast strengthned the weak hands, &c. but now it is come upon thee, &c. That is trouble and affliction 1are come upon thee.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Lassus fuit corpore vel animo, prae lassitudine nescivit quid ageret.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Lassus fuit corpore vel animo, prae lassitudine nescivit quid ageret.
And thou faintest.] The word signifies an extraordinary fainting; when a man is so wearied and spent, that he knows not what he doth, when his reason seems tired, as much as his strength. So that the words, Now it is come upon thee thou faintest, may import thus much; thou art in such a case, that thou seemest to be besides thy self, thou knowest not what thou doest, thou speakest, thou ⟨p. 17⟩knowest not what. The word is translated in the first Verse by grieved: in other Scriptures by mad and furious. (Prov 26. 18.) As a mad-man who casteth fire-brands, &c. And whereas we say (