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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.
1. As an Assertion. 2. As an Interrogation. 3. As an Admiration.
First, Many Interpreters give them as a plain assertion, Remember, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into the dust again.
Secondly, Others read them (as we) with an interrogation, Remember, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into the dust again?
Thirdly, Some heighten them into an admiration, Thou hast made me as the clay, and (what?) wilt thou now bring me into the dust again! What a wonder is this? Could I have expected such a sudden change as this!1
- 1Quoad naturam vilissimus sum, quoad judicium tuum morti addictus, ut in pulverem revertar, utrumque debet te commovere, ut parcas mihi in vita, Coc. Particula & pro sic sumenda est, & futurum potentiale est, decentiam vel debitum, vel jus, vel potestatem denotans, q. d. sicut me tanquā cementum compegisti, eadem potestate cum volueris in terram reduces nulla mihi illao injuria Boll.