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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
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.
To tread upon the waves imports, that God hath a command over the sea, and the waves of it.1 To tread upon a thing is to have it under our power, or in subjection to us (Psal. 91.13.) the promise is, Thou shalt tread upon the Lion, and upon the Asp; that is, thou shalt prevail and triumph over the greatest evils, over enemies as strong and fierce as Lions, as poisonous and stinging as the Asp, Psal. 108.9. Over Edom will I cast out my shoe; which notes either contempt of them; as if he had said, I look upon them as worthy only to scrape and make clean my shoes. Or secondly, Conquest ⟨p. 204⟩over them; I will walk through Edom and subdue it. Deut. 11.24. Every place whereon the sole of your feet shall tread shall be yours; that is, yours shall be conquering feet, you shall tread as lords upon all lands. Yours shall be all the ground you go on, that is, it shall be subject to you, Jud. 5.21. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength; and Mic. 1.3. The Lord shall tread upon the high places of the earth; that is, the Lord shall subject the highest things that are upon the earth to his power. That place is very observable, Numb. 24.17. Where Balaam prophesying of Christ, saith (as we translate) A star shall come out of Jacob; 2the Hebrew is, A star shall tread out of Jacob, noting Christ a victorious, a triumphing star, who should come treading and trampling upon the world as conqueror; though the world in regard of his out-side, trod and trampled upon him: So it is explained in the later words of the verse, He shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. A star shall tread out of Jacob. A treading star is a triumphing star.
To tread upon the waves imports, that God hath a command over the sea, and the waves of it.