A35439:1869
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 hand specially signifies civil power, Ps. 89.25. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right-hand in the floods: that is, I will give him power over them who dwell by the seas And then, Laying on of hands, implies the authority which one man hath over another to determine or resolve a case, or to settle a business between them, and that is the intendment of it here, There is no Days-man that might lay his hands upon us both; that is, who may authoritatively decide and make an end of this controversy. To impose the hand was to compose the difference. I find a three-fold posture of the Days-man observed in the action of his hand.
3. The hand specially signifies civil power, Ps. 89.25. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right-hand in the flouds: that is, I will give him power over them who dwel by the seas And then, Laying on of hands, implies the authority which one man hath over another to determine or resolve a case, or to settle a businesse between them, and that is the intendment of it here, There is no Daie•-man that might lay his hands upon us both; that is, who may authoritatively decide and make an end of this controversie. To impose the hand was to compose the difference. I finde a three-fold posture of the Daies-man observed in the action of his hand.
First, He put forth his hand towards the parties, desiring them to join hands, or (as we speak) to shake hands and be friends. Joining hands signifies consent (Exod. 23.1.) Thou shalt not put thy hand with the wicked; that is, thou shalt make no agreement with him. Some of the Ancients describe the Pacificator or Days-man, having his hands closed into the hands of those between whom he was to make peace: Hence they who are unfaithful ⟨p. 390⟩