A35439:1873
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.
Lastly, The laying on of the hand, notes the keeping of the parties in compass, for contenders use to be very violent one against another.
Lastly, The laying on of the hand, notes the keeping of the parties in compasse, for contenders use to be very violent one against another.
Thus to the present text, The laying on of the hand signifies only the composing or compounding of a difference. When Job complained or affirmed only, There is no Days-man betwixt us; his meaning was, that there was no man who could take up the matter betwixt God and him, there was none such to be found,1 for he speaks not only (De facto) that there was no Days-man, but (de impossibili) as of a thing which was impossible to be; As if he had said, I would gladly refer this matter to arbitration, but the Lord, who is engaged with me, is above the arbitration of men or Angels; Creatures may not meddle with any of his matters further then they are called and I know not of any whom God hath called to, or appointed over this matter.
Thus to the present text, The laying on of the hand signifies only the composing or compounding of a difference. When Job complained or affirmed only, There is no Daies-man betwixt us; his meaning was, that there was no man who could take up the matter betwixt God and him, there was none such to be found,1 for he speaks not only (De facto) that there was no Daies-man, but (de impossibili) as of a thing which was impossible to be; As if he had said, I would gladly referre this matter to arbitration, but the Lord, who is engaged with me, is above the arbitration of men or Angels; Creatures may not meddle with any of his matters further then they are called and I know not of any whom God hath called to, or appointed over this matter.
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