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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
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But we may rather take it, as the matter, then as the form of a curse. I cursed his habitation, and the curse brake forth upon his children, and upon his estate, upon the branches, and the fruit of that goodly tree: much like that in the vision, Dan. 4. 13, 14. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher, and a holy One, came down from Heaven, He cried aloud and said thus; Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit, &c. This Allegory may be rendered in the plain words of Eliphaz, I cursed his habitation, his children are far from safety. The Master of the Family is the tree, His children are either fruit or branches, His leaves are riches and honour, the beauty and pleasantness of his habitation.
But we may rather take it, as the matter, then as the forme of a curse. I cursed his habitation, and the curse brake forth upon his children, and upon his estate, upon the branches, and the fruit of that goodly tree: much like that in the vision, Dan. 4. 13, 14. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher, and a holy One, came downe from Heaven, He cryed aloud and said thus; Hew downe the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit, &c. This Allegory may be rendred in the plaine words of Eliphaz, I cursed his habitation, his children are far from safety. The Master of the Family is the tree, His children are either fruit or branches, His leaves are riches and honour, the beauty and pleasantnesse of his habitation.
Some things in the letter of the text are to be opened, but I shall first observe one thing in the general, from the connection of this fourth verse with the third, I suddenly cursed his habitation (verse 3.) Then follows, his children are far from safety. Observe from it; That
Some things in the letter of the text are to be opened, but I shall first observe one thing in the generall, from the connection of this fourth verse with the third, I suddenly cursed his habitation (verse 3.) Then follows, his children are far from safety. Observe from it; That