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…

The other word here used [He passeth on] is of the same sense: yet more peculiar and proper to the motion of spirits, we had it in the fourth Chapter, vers. 15. A spirit passed before me, saith Eliphaz, when he speaks of the vision that appeared. It signifies to ⟨p. 225⟩change and vary, either place or condition. The transitory changeableness of the creature, is expressed by it (Psal. 102.27.) Thou doest change them, and they shall be changed; the creatures pass on, as from place to place, so from condition to condition, The fashion of them passeth away (1 Cor. 7.31.) They have not only a perfective change, but a corruptive change; but of the Lord he saith, Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. The word is used for changing by oppressive destruction (Prov. 31.8.) Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction, or death. Such as are appointed to that great change, are called,^a The Sons of change or destruction: Thus the Original. So that the word signifieth any change or motion, whether perfective or corruptive. The Lord (saith Job) passeth on, he maketh changes, he worketh sometimes to perfect, sometimes to destroy, but I perceive him not, I am not able to make out what he doth.

The other word here used [He passeth on] is of the same sense: yet more peculiar and proper to the motion of spirits, we had it in the fourth Chapter, vers. 15. A spirit passed before me, saith Eliphaz, when he speaks of the vision that appeared. It signifies to ⟨p. 225⟩change and vary, either place or condition. The transitory changablenesse of the creature, is expressed by it (Psal. 102.27.) Thou doest change them, and they shall be changed; the creatures passe on, as from place to place, so from condition to condition, The fashion of them passeth away (