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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 7-8
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.
We will now consider the words, and examine the strength of it in particulars.
Remember I pray thee.] He handleth Job tenderly in words, he speaks gently and winningly to him, Remember I pray thee. To remember noteth often in Scripture a serious consideration of things present, and before us, Eccles. 12. 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth; that is, seriously bethink thy self at the present, of God and his ways, and how thou oughtest to walk holily before him. But properly to remember, is the calling to mind of things which are past: and so Eliphaz in this place directs Job to search the Records; Go and inquire into all the Monuments of Antiquity, look the Registers and Histories of the Ages past, and see if thou canst find any such thing as this, A righteous man perishing.
Remember I pray thee.] He handleth Job tenderly in words, he speaks gently and winningly to him, Remember I pray thee. To remember noteth often in Scripture a serious consideration of things present, and before us, Eccles. 12. 1. Remember now thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth; that is, seriously bethink thy selfe at the present, of God and his wayes, and how thou oughtest to walk holily before him. But properly to remember, is the calling to minde of things which are past: and so Eliphaz in this place directs Job to search the Records; Goe and inquire into all the Monuments of Antiquity, look the Registers and Histories of the Ages past, and see if thou canst finde any such thing as this, A righteous man perishing.
Memory is the souls store-house, there we lay up Observations, and from thence fetch them out, as occasions invite. Hence Christ Matth. 12. 57. compareth every Scribe which is instructed for the kingdom of Heaven to a house-holder which bringeth forth out of his treasury things both new and old. This treasury is the memory, there holy truths and profitable examples are stored and reserved. Remember I pray thee.