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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.
The robber swalloweth up their substance.
In the first chapter we read Job described, A man of a very 1great substance, Job's subsistence in cattle was thus and thus: Here also it is said, The robber shall swallow up his subsistence; but the word in the Hebrew, is very different from that in the first chapter; there the word signifieth properly substance in cattle; but here it signifies, substance in any kind of wealth or riches whatsoever; And it notes three things.
In the first chapter we read Job described, A man of a very 1great substance, Job's subsistance in cattle was thus and thus: Here also it is said, The robber shall swallow up his subsistance; but the word in the Hehrew, is very different from that in the first chapter; there the word signifieth properly substance in cattle; but here it signifies, substance in any kind of wealth or riches whatsoever; And it notes three things.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Non magis ad corporis quam ad ingenij vires pertinet: & tres sere virtutes continet, fortitudinem, justitiam, prudentiam.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Non magis ad corporis quam ad ingenij vires pertinet: & tres sere virtutes continet, fortitudinem, justitiam, prudentiam.
First, and most properly, strength, either strength of body or of mind, namely, valour, activity and courage, also wisdom and industry to get or defend our substance; So