A35439:1921
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
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Others expound this fear with reference to the two former verses, especially to the verse immediately fore-going. There Job desires a Days-man, or complains that there is none; here he tells us what he might have expected, if he had one. As if he had said, Had I a Days-man, then I know he would take away the rod from me, that is, he would give judgement that I should be eased of this affliction; and his fear should not terrify me, that is, he would never give a sentence which should be a terror to me. That's a fair sense in reference to what he spake before; but I rather keep his meaning within the compass of what he is speaking here.
Others expound this fear with reference to the two former verses, especially to the verse immediately fore-going. There Job desires a Daies-man, or complains that there is none; here he tels us what he might have expected, if he had one. As if he had said, Had I a Daies-man, then I know he would take away the rod from me, that is, he would give judgement that I should be eased of this affliction; and his fear should not terrifie me, that is, he would never give a sentence which should be a terrour to me. That's a fair sense in reference to what he spake before; but I rather keep his meaning within the compasse of what he is speaking here.
And then by fear we may understand,
1First, Those rays and beams of Majesty, which the Lord letting out a little upon Job, he was not able to bear them. We find when in those ancient times God appeared, the beholders were terrified. Manoahs wife tells her husband, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an Angel of God, very terrible (Judg. 13.6