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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.
Surely now he would awake for thee.
Surely now he would awak• for thee.
Awake.] The word signifies both to awake, and to arise. There are two interpretations of this awaking.
Some take the words transitively, thus, He will awake good for thee. 1Not, of Job awakening God by prayer, but of God awakening prosperity, or stirring up blessings for Job. As if Bildad had said, Joh, now blessings are (as it were) asleep, but if thou pray, God will awaken them; He will stir up mercies for thee, he will cure thy broken condition, he will restore that which is fallen, repair that which is ruined, and fetch thee up out of the grave of thy desolate estate. As a mans spirits, gifts, yea graces are sometime asleep and need awakening, so also are, and do our outward comforts. It is frequent in Scripture to call the repairing of a mans estate, or the bringing of good to him, the raising of him up, He raiseth the poor out of the dust; he awakens them out of that low condition. Job was in the dust, and his children in the grave, God made a resurrection of both for him. That's a good sense.
Some take the words transitively, thus, He will awake good for thee. 1Not, of Job awakening God by prayer, but of God awakening prosperity, or stirring up blessings for Job. As if Bildad had said, Joh, now blessings are (as it were) asleep, but if thou pray, God will awaken them; He will stirre up mercies for thee, he will cure thy broken condition, he will restore that which is fallen, repair that which is ruined, and fetch thee up out of the grave of thy desolate estate. As a mans spirits, gifts, yea graces are sometime asleep and need awakening, so also are, and doe our outward comforts. It is frequent in Scripture to call the repairing of a mans estate, or the bringing of good to him, the raising of him up, He raiseth the poor out of the dust; he awakens them out of that low condition. Job was in the dust, and his children in the grave, God made a resurrection of both for him. That's a good sense.