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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 19-21
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.
Some by his Excellency understand the soul; as if he had said, that best part ⟨p. 162⟩of man, the soul, which may be opposed to clay and dust before spoken of, that noble guest, that royal inhabitant of this house of clay goeth out when death enters. Death dissolves the union between soul and body.
Some by his Excellency understand the soule; as if he had said, that best part ⟨p. 162⟩of man, the soule, which may be opposed to clay and dust before spoken of, that noble guest, that royall inhabitant of this house of clay goeth out when death enters. Death dissolves the union between soule and body.
Or rather we may take excellency for any special endowment; first of the body, as beauty or strength. Secondly of the mind, as wit and knowledge, learning or skill. Thirdly, we may take it for those worldly excellencies of riches, honour, or authority; when a man goeth out, all these excellencies which are in him, or which are about him, go out too. This excellency is the same which is called the goodliness of man, by the Prophet (Isaiah 40. 6.) The voice said, cry, what shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. Not only is the flesh, but the goodliness thereof fading also. So here, not only the house of clay and the foundation of dust, but the excellency of it: all the adorning and polishing, the gilding and painting, the rich hanging and precious furniture of this house go away.
Or rather we may take excellency for any speciall endowment; first of the body, as beauty or strength. Secondly of the minde, as wit and knowledge, learning or skill. Thirdly, we may take it for those worldly excellencies of riches, honour, or authority; when a man goeth out, all these excellencies which are in him, or which are about him, go out too. This excellency is the same which is called the goodlinesse of man, by the Prophet (Esay 40. 6.) The voice said, cry, what shall I cry? All flesh is grasse, and all the goodlinesse thereof is as the flower of the field. Not only is the flesh, but the goodliness thereof fading also. So here, not only the house of clay and the foundation of dust, but the excellency of it: all the adorning and polishing, the guilding and painting, the rich hanging and precious furniture of this house go away.