A35439:1644
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.
11. Some take the word Ebeh to be the name of a river in the Eastern part of the world, about Arabia, near the place where Job lived. A late traveller hath observed a river of a very swift motion, near Damascus, and not far from the sepulchre of Job. Now a ship that moveth in a swift river, besides that it may have the wind, hath also a great addition to the speed of it's motion from the force and strength of such a current. Thus, saith Job, My days move as the ships upon Ebeh, as ships upon the streams of that fierce, swift river, which go down with speed; as we see boats with the tide, and so proportionably greater vessels, where there is a river and a current proportionably to bear and carry them.
11. Some take the word Ebeh to be the name of a river in the Eastern part of the world, about Arabia, neer the place where Job lived. A late traveller hath observed a river of a very swift motion, neer Damascus, and not farre from the sepulchre of Job. Now a ship that moveth in a swift river, besides that it may have the winde, hath also a great addition to the speed of it's motion from the force and strength of such a current. Thus, saith Job, My daies move as the ships upon Ebeh, as ships upon the streams of that fierce, swift river, which goe down with speed; as we see boats with the tide, and so proportionably greater vessels, where there is a river and a current proportionably to bear and carry them.
- 1Ebeh, flumen rapidissimum in Arabia, Rab. S•l. Bold.
12. Others conceive the word, not as a proper name, but as signifying desire, from Abah, to desire with earnestness, and then the sense is rendered thus, My days are passed away as ships of desire; that is, as ships, which being laden with rich commodities, the Master and the Pilot desire earnestly to bring the ship speedily to her port, that so they may put off the commodities, and make sale of the rich lading that is in her. The wind doth not so much fill the sails of such a ship, as desire doth the minds of her mariners.