A35439:1862
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 understand the words [upon us both] of Job and his friends, There is not a Days-man betwixt me and my friends, not one that can judge and consider of my innocency and their charge, as if he had said, Though I will not plead it out with God, yet I dare refer the controversy betwixt you and me to an equal umpire, I dare go to the trial of my innocency with you, but I see no Days-man; you are all parties in the business, and I know of none that will stand between us indifferently and unprejudiced.
Some understand the words [upon us both] of Job and his friends, There is not a Daies-man betwixt me and my friends, not one that can judge and consider of my innocency and their charge, as if he had said, Though I will not plead it out with God, yet I dare referre the controversie betwixt you and me to an equall umpire, I dare go to the triall of my innocency with you, but I see no Daies-man; you are all parties in the businesse, and I know of none that will stand between us indifferently and unprejudiced.
But the text refers clearly to God, There is no Days-man, none to arbitrate the matter between God and me, None to lay his hands upon us both.
But the text refers clearly to God, There is no Daies-man, none to arbitrate the matter between God and me, None to lay his hands upon us both.
To lay on hands is diversly used in Scripture. The hand signifies all power: Hence, to lay the hands, is to put forth power: and to do so, is taken some times in an ill sense, and sometimes in a good sense.