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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.
Flesh by a Synecdoche is put for the whole nature of man. ⟨p. 452⟩The Word was made flesh (Joh. 1.14.) not body or soul, but Flesh, that is, man consisting of soul and body. Thus here, eyes of fl•sh, that is, mans eyes. And so the later clause of the verse is an exposition of the former.1 When he saith, Hast thou eyes of flesh? It is no more then this, Dost thou see as man seeth? To have an eye of flesh, is to judge according to the flesh, and to see as man seeth, is to see no more then man.
Flesh by a Synechdoche is put for the whole nature of man. ⟨p. 452⟩The Word was made flesh (Joh. 1.14.) not body or soul, but Flesh, that is, man consisting of soul and body. Thus here, eyes of fl•sh, that is, mans eyes. And so the later clause of the verse is an exposition of the former.1 When he saith, Hast thou eyes of flesh? It is no more then this, Dost thou see as man seeth? To have an eie of flesh, is to judge according to the flesh, and to see as man seeth, is to see no more then man.
- 1Oculi carnei sunt secundum carnem judicantes.
When Samuel was sent to anoint a King over Israel in the place of Saul (1 Sam. 16.7.) the Lord said concerning the first-born of Jesse, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him; The reason added is this, For the Lord seeth not as man seeth, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. There we have Jobs doctrine of Gods seeing, delivered by God himself. Samuel thought he who made the fairest show to the eye of man, must needs be the man who was fairest in the eye of God; but the Lord seeth what is not seen, and often finds most reality in the least appearance; he who hath not eyes of flesh sees beyond the flesh.