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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 5 › Verses 3-5
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.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them, &c.1
His children are farre from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them, &c.1
- 1Secundum genus calamitatis quod Deus imp•obisimmit•it, posteritatis exitiam deplo•a•ū, & quidem acclamante pub•ico consensuSecundum genus calamitatis quod Deus imp•obisimmit•it, posteritatis exitiam deplo•a•ū, & quidem acclamante pub•ico consensu
These words contain a further effect of this curse. I cursed his habitation, and what then? was it an ineffectual curse? was it but wind and words, returning and doing nothing? or did it spend all its strength upon this foolish man in his own person? No, His children are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, &c. One of the Rabbins conceives that these words and the verse following, ⟨p. 196⟩are the form wherein the curse was pronounced upon the habitation of the foolish man; As if Eliphaz had said, I cursed 1his habitation thus, Let his children be far from safety, and let them be crushed in the gate, neither let there be any to deliver; as for his harvest, let the hungry eat it up, and let the robbers swallow up their substance. And we find such a form,