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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.
We translate in the singular number, life, the Hebrew is plural, Thou hast granted me lives. But hath a man more lives then one? Some understand Job speaking not only of corporal, but spiritual life; as our natural life is the salt of the body, to keep that from corrupting: so spiritual life, or the life of grace, is the salt of the soul, to keep that from corrupting.
We translate in the singular number, life, the Hebrew is plurall, Thou hast granted me lives. But hath a man more lives then one? Some understand Job speaking not only of corporall, but spirituall life; as our naturall life is the salt of the body, to keep that from corrupting: so spirituall life, or the life of grace, is the salt of the soul, to keep that from corrupting.
Secondly, Thou hast granted me lives, that is, say others, temporal life and eternal life.
Secondly, Thou hast granted me lives, that is, say others, temporall life and eternall life.
Thirdly, Lives may be taken for the three great powers of life. ⟨p. 521⟩Man hath one life consisting of three distinct lives: For whereas there is a life of vegetation and growth, such as is in trees and plants: and a life of sense and motion, such as is in beasts of the earth, fowls of the air, and fishes of the sea: And a life of reason, such as is in Angels, whereby they understand and discourse; these three lives, which are divided and shared among all other living creatures, are brought together and compacted into the life of man. Whole man, is the epitome or sum of the whole Creation, being enriched and dignified with the powers of the invisible world, and of the visible put together, under which notion we may expound this Text, Thou hast granted me lives; a three-fold life, or a three-fold acting and exercise of the same life.