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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.
Verse 5. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and fetcheth it even out of the thorns, and the robber spoileth all his substance. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up.
Verse 5. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and fetcheth it even out of the thornes, and the robber spoyleth all his substance. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up.
By his Harvest, we are to understand not only the return of that which he hath sown, as corn and other fruits of the earth; but all the goods or provisions, which he hath gathered or laid up for his 1support and accommodation. A mans harvest is the improvement of his whole estate. And this mans harvest is all he hath gotten, by right or wrong, by industry or by injury, by sweat or by deceit, by secret practises or open violences. To eat up a harvest, is as much as to devour a house, with which Christ charges the hungry Scribes and Pharisees (Math. 23. 14.) who made Beggars as fast as they made Prayers, Ye devour widows houses and under pretence make long prayers.
By his Harvest, we are to understand not only the return of that which he hath sown, as corn and other fruits of the earth; but all the goods or provisions, which he hath gathered or laid up for his 1support and accommodation. A mans harvest is the improvement of his whole estate. And this mans harvest is all he hath gotten, by right or wrong, by industry or by injury, by sweat or by deceit, by secret practises or open violences. To eat up a harvest, is as much as to devoure a house, with which Christ charges the hungry Scribes and Pharisees (Math. 23. 14.) who made Beggars as fast as they made Prayers, Ye devoure widdows houses and under pretence make long prayers.