A35439:1755
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.
Some have given this for one reason, why the Lord appointed so many washings among his people, that the Heathens might be the easier gained to the religion of the Jews, when they found somewhat symbolizing with their customs among them: which, if it were so, yet it cannot bear out those, who have mixed Christian worship with Heathenish observations, thereby to facilitate their conversion. But doubtless Job had reference to those rites either of the Jews or Gentiles, when he said, Though I wash my self with snow-water.
Some have given this for one reason, why the Lord appointed so many washings among his people, that the Heathens might be the easier gained to the religion of the Jews, when they found somewhat symbolizing with their customes among them: which, if it were so, yet it cannot bear out those, who have mixed Christian worship with Heathenish observations, thereby to facilitate their conversion. But doubtlesse Job had reference to those rites either of the Jews or Gentiles, when he said, Though I wash my self with snow-water.
Why with snow-water? That is (say some) with the most pure water▪ with the clearest springing fountain water, or in the most crystal streams, not in the water of melted snow, but in water like snow for purity and orient clearness.
Why with snow-water? That is (say some) with the most pure water▪ with the clearest springing fountain water, or in the most crystall streams, not in the water of melted snow, but in water like snow for purity and orient clearnesse.
Others, Conceive it an allusion to that peculiar rite in those times, when they took snow-water to wash with, rather then spring or river water, because that came from the heavens, not from the earth here below; and was therefore (in their opinion) more excellent in it's nature, because it had a more excellent original.