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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.
But, we may better interpret days for a part of time; and so,1 Are thy days as mans days? is, Art thou short lived as man is? The word [Man] signifies man in his worst condition, Are thy days like the days of a weak man? of a miserable sickly man? Are they like the days of a man, whom we number among the dead, and who is giving up the ghost every hour? There are some men, whom we call long-lived, that is, men who in probability may live very long: we say of a healthy strong man, we would take a lease of his life, or if we were to take a lease for lives, we would put his life in for one: he is a man of a good complexion and constitution, a man like to live, and see many days. But, saith Jo•, Are thy days as the days of Enosh? As the days of a weak sickly man, as the days of one, who looks as if he would drop into the grave every day; as the days of a very borderer upon death, of the next neighbour, and heir apparent to the king of terrors? Lord, ⟨p. 460⟩I am sure thy days are not as the days of such a weakling, of such mouldering, sickly clod of earth. This sense may have a double reference.
But, we may better interpret daies for a part of time; and so,1 Are thy daies as mans daies? is, Art thou short liv'd as man is? The word [Man] signifies man in his worst condition, Are thy daies like the daies of a weak man? of a miserable sickly man? Are they like the daies of a man, whom we number among the dead, and who is giving up the ghost every hour? There are some men, whom we call long-liv'd, that is, men who in probability may live very long: we say of a healthy strong man, we would take a lease of his life, or if we were to take a lease for lives, we would put his life in for one: he is a man of a good complexion and constitution, a man like to live, and see many daies. But, saith Jo•, Are thy daies as the daies of Enosh? As the daies of a weak sickly man, as the daies of one, who looks as if he would drop into the grave every day; as the daies of a very borderer upon death, of the next neighbour, and heir apparent to the king of terrours? Lord, ⟨p. 460⟩