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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.
If I had called, and he had answered me.
1The Hebrew word, which we translate [call] signifies sometimes to pray, and sometimes to plead or challenge: An act of invocation, or an act of provocation: it is rendered both ways here. By most, as we, If I had called upon him; that is, if I had prayed or made my suit unto him. By some, If I had sent in my plea (as to begin a suit of law with him) or my challenge, as to enter the combat with him, &c.
1The Hebrew vvord, vvhich vve translate [call] signifies sometimes to pray, and sometimes to plead or challenge: An act of invocation, or an act of provocation: it is rendered both waies here. By most, as we, If I had called upon him; that is, if I had praied or made my sute unto him. By some, If I had sent in my plea (as to begin a sute of law with him) or my challenge, as to enter the combate with him, &c.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Alij invocare, alij provocare vertunt.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Alij invocare, alij provocare vertunt.
As it is taken for a challenge, so the sense lies thus, If I should stand upon terms with God, and call him to an account to make good what he hath done; And he had answered me; that is, if he had condescended to give me an account of his ways; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice, that is, that he had yielded to me, or acknowledged that he had done me wrong. Shall I, who am but dust and ashes, prevail in my suit, and get the day by pleading and contending with the great God of heaven and earth?