A35439:1413
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.
Who shall set me a time to plead?
1It is but one word which we translate, [To set a time to plead] but the sense is very large and various, it signifies to appoint, constitute or prescribe either time, place or persons, any or all the circumstantials of action. It is here translated by divers in reference to the time, and by some in reference to the place. And because the people of God are to meet at appointed times and places for solemn and public worship, therefore this word signifies the Church or the Congregation, which is always to meet by public appointment at such a time, or in such a place, lest there should be scatterings and confusions amongst those who should be most unanimous and harmonious. It is taken also for any meeting, Psal. 48 4. Lo•, the Kings were assembled or gathered together. And Amos 3.3. Can two walk together except they be agreed? That is, except they be friends, They who have not one heart, seldom have one way. Or, except they be agreed, that is, upon time and place; ⟨p. 293⟩two men cannot converse or have any business one with another, unless they consent and appoint where and when; if one be for this time and place, and the other for that, they can never walk together. It is put for a set time, 2 Sam. 24.15. the Lord having sent the pestilence upon Jerusalem for the sin of David in numbering the people, it is said, the pestilence destroyed from the morning even to the time appointed, the Lord had set the pestilence a time, it wrought to that time, and no longer.
1It is but one word which we translate, [To set a time to plead] but the sense is very large and various, it signifies to appoint, constitute or prescribe either time, place or persons, any or all the circumstantials of action. It is here translated by divers in reference to the time, and by some in reference to the place. And because the people of God are to meet at appointed times and places for solemn and publike worship, therefore this word signifies the Church or the Congregation, which is alwaies to meet by publike appointment at such a time, or in such a place, lest there should be scatterings and confusions amongst those who should be most unanimous and harmonious. It is taken also for any meeting,