A35439:1646
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.
3. The Chaldee and others, give a further note upon it, deriving the word from Abah, whence Ebih, which signifies a stalk growing up early from the earth,1 and bringing forth the first ripe fruit of any kind; and so it is put for any early ripe Summer fruit, for early plums, apples, cherries, &c. 2And then the sense is, My days are like to a ship which carrieth early fruit: So the Vulgar, Like a ship carrying apples.
3. The Chaldee and others, give a further note upon it, deriving the word from Abah, whence Ebih, which signifies a stalk growing up early from the earth,1 and bringing forth the first ripe fruit of any kinde; and so it is put for any early ripe Summer fruit, for early plums, apples, cherries, &c. 2And then the sense is, My daies are like to a ship which carrieth early fruit: So the Vulgar, Like a ship carrying apples.
- 1Fructus primitivus.
- 2Naves poma portantes. Vul.
Now a ship that carries such fruit makes great haste,1 because the fruit will spoil and rot, if not speedily put off. Ripe fruit is a commodity that will not keep; unless they have a quick passage, all is lost. My days (saith Job) pass even as a ship that carries ripe Summer fruit, which are hasted away with all speed, lest they perish before they come to the port.