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…

There is a difference in the later clause of the verse, for whereas he saith in the first, Are thy days as the days of man? In the second he saith, Are thy years as mans days? The days of God in the first part, are the same with the years of God in the second. But man hath not years ascribed to him in the second. The time of man is so short that it is reckoned by the shortest complete time, a day. And when David computes the longest date of mans life, he doth not say, The years of man are threescore years and ten; but the days of our years are threescore years and ten (Psa. 90.10.) ⟨p. 462⟩There is yet another difference in the original about the word man. In the first clause the Hebrew word for man was Enosh, here it is Geber, which signifies a strong man, a mighty man, a man of the most masculine spirit, and strongest body, of the most vigorous abilities, and greatest probabilities to live long. A man of brass, and heart of oak, rather then of clay, and dust of the earth, Lord, Thy days are not only not as the days of Enosh, a weak, sickly man, but, Thy years are not as the days of Geber, as the days of the mightiest and healthiest, of the strongest and stoutest among the sons of men.

There is a difference in the later clause of the verse, for whereas he saith in the first, Are thy daies as the daies of man? In the second he saith, Are thy years as mans daies? The daies of God in the first part, are the same with the years of God in the second. But man hath not years ascribed to him in the second. The time of man is so short that it is reckoned by the shortest compleat time, a day. And when David computes the longest date of mans life, he doth not say, The years of man are threescore years and ten; but the daies of our years are threescore years and ten (Psa. 90.10.) ⟨p. 462⟩There is yet another difference in the originall about the word man. In the first clause the Hebrew word for man was Enosh, here it is Geber, which signifies a strong man, a mighty man, a man of the most masculine spirit, and strongest body, of the most vigorous abilities, and greatest probabilities to live long. A man of brasse, and heart of oake, rather then of clay, and dust of the earth, Lord, Thy daies are not only not as the daies of Enosh, a weak, sickly man, but, Thy years are not as the daies of Geber, as the daies of the mightiest and healthiest, of the strongest and stoutest among the sons of men.