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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.
The words import a double difference. First, A difference in qualification. Secondly, In nature: here Job chiefly intends the difference of quality (which yet in God is his nature) that he was not wise,1 and just, and holy, and pure as God.
- 1Non tam essentiae ad essentiā, quam qualitatis ad qualitatem, i. e. suae ad divinam puritatem collatio fit & denotatur. Bold,Non tam essentiae ad essentiā, quam qualitatis ad qualitatem, i. e. suae ad divinam puritatem collatio fit & denotatur. Bold,
Moses in his song (Exod. 15.3.) after the overthrow of the Egyptians in the red sea, speaks thus, The Lord is a man of war; that phrase intends not a humane nature to God; when he saith, God is a man of war; he meaneth only this, God is a great warrior. We call a Ship of war, A man of war. As a man of words signifies an eloquent man, though with some only a talkative man: So a man of war signifies a famous warrior, or one trained ⟨p. 375⟩up for war; in which sense Saul saith of Goliath, that he had been a man of war from his youth (1 Sam. 17.33.) God is a great warrior, the most potent Commander, The Generalissimo of all the Armies in heaven and earth, The Lord of hosts is his Name, He is a man of war, though he is not a man.
Moses in his song (Exod. 15.3.) after the overthrow of the Egyptians in the red sea, speaks thus, The Lord is a man of warre; that phrase intends not a humane nature to God; when he saith, God is a man of warre; he meaneth only this, God is a great warriour. We call a Ship of warre, A man of warre. As a man of words signifies an eloquent man, though with some only a talkative man: So a man of warre signifies a famous warriour, or one trained