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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.
First, Thus: Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their iniquity: yet, if thou wile seek unto him, he will do thee good. Which translation makes the sense more clear then ours, If thy children have sinned against him, &c. The one is a supposition of what might be; the other a concession of what was.
First, Thus: Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their iniquity: yet, if thou wile seek unto him, he will doe thee good. Which translation makes the sense more clear then ours, If thy children have sinned against him, &c. The one is a supposition of what might be; the other a concession of what was.
Secondly, By way of proportion, thus: As thy children have sinned against him, so he hath cast them away for their transgression. And so Bildad argueth with Job upon the same principle that Eliphaz had done before, scil. that his sons and himself had exceedingly provoked God, and that therefore God had sent that judgement, and laid that heavy stroke upon them, If thy children, or, although thy children have sinned.
Secondly, By way of proportion, thus: As thy children have sinned against him, so he hath cast them away for their transgression. And so Bildad argueth with Job upon the same principle that Eliphaz had done before, scil. that his sonnes and himself had exceedingly provoked God, and that therefore God had sent that judgement, and laid that heavy stroke upon them, If thy children, or, although thy children have sinned.
1Against him.] That word is to be opened a little. The Hebrew is, Have sinned to him. Which is indifferently translated, ⟨p. 21⟩