A35439:1606
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.
We have here three similitudes, by which Job sets forth the uncertainty of his prosperous estate, and how soon the time wherein he enjoyed it was blown over.
1. The similitude of a Post. 2. The similitude of a Ship. 3. The similitude of a Eagle.
As in the seventh Chapter he used three similitudes, viz.
1. of A weavers shuttle. 2. of The wind. 3. of A dissolving cloud.
1. of A weavers shuttle. 2. of The winde. 3. of A dissolving cloud.
So here he bringeth in three more to clear the same point.