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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.
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 illa•o injuria Boll.Quoad 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 illa•o injuria Bol.
Take the words as a direct assertion, Thou wilt bring me into the dust again. So they may have reference to the decree of God concerning man, as those before had to the creation of man. As if he had said, By creation and natural constitution, I am frail and weak, made of the clay, by thy purpose and decree I am appointed unto death, Thou wilt bring me into the dust again, therefore spare me for the short time I have to live.
Take the words as a direct assertion, Thou wilt bring me into the dust again. So they may have reference to the decree of God concerning man, as those before had to the creation of man. As if he had said, By creation and naturall constitution, I am frail and weak, made of the clay, by thy purpose and decree I am appointed unto death, Thou wilt bring me into the dust again, therefore spare me for the short time I have to live.