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…

That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands] He means ⟨p. 442⟩himself or any other man; all men being the work of Gods hands.¹ The word which we translate work, strictly taken, signifies hard work, extreme labour, labour with weariness. Here understand it in a large sense, for God works not to weariness. And when after he had finished the whole work of creation: it is said by Moses (Gen. 2.2.) That he rested on the seventh day, from all the work which he had made. The meaning is only this, he gave over or ceased to work, not that his work put him to any pain or need of rest.

That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands] He means ⟨p. 442⟩himself or any other man; all men being the work of Gods hands.¹ The word which we translate work, strictly taken, signifies hard work, extream labour, labour with wearinesse. Here understand it in a large sense, for God works not to wearinesse. And when after he had finished the whole work of creation: it is said by Moses (Gen. 2.2.) That he rested on the seventh day, from all the work which he had made. The meaning is only this, he gave over or ceased to work, not that his work put him to any pain or need of rest.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Propriè laborē & lassitudinem, quandam in efficiendo opere denotat, ex quo orationis bujus vis amplificatur〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Propriè laborē & lassitudinem, quandam in efficiendo opere denotat, ex quo orationis bujus vis amplificatur