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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.
Such also, is the wisdom of that generation, about worldly things: they fence in, and fortify their riches, so that if any man will have them, he must have them through the thorns, or come upon the pikes.
Such also, is the wisdome of that generation, about worldly things: they fence in, and fortifie their riches, so that if any man will have them, he must have them through the thornes, or come upon the pikes.
Secondly, Though he lay up his estate within the thorns, yet, the hungry man will fetch it out. Note then,
That all the care of worldly men, all the thorn-hedges they make about their estates, shall never secure them from spoil and ruin. The hungry will press and venture through the thorns to take them.
That all the care of worldly men, all the thorne-hedges they make about their estates, shall never secure them from spoyle and ruine. The hungry will presse and venture through the thorns to take them.