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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.
So then, these changes import, either divers sorts of afflictions, ⟨p. 568⟩or divers returns and charges of the same afflictions. The second word carrieth that allusion,1 Changes and war are upon me; that is, such changes as there is in war, when first one regiment charges, and another seconds, and so regiment after regiment, company after company, file after file, now the right wing, and then the left, at last the reserve. Thus the Lord seemed to bring up his bands and troops of afflictions to assault Job in turns and changes, till his whole army had assaulted and skirmished with him. Those military terms of shooting and warring, are frequent figures in Scripture, showing how God conflicts with sinful, weak man, after the manner of men. Observe hence,
So then, these changes import, either divers sorts of afflictions, ⟨p. 568⟩or divers returns and charges of the same afflictions. The second word carrieth that allusion,1 Changes and warre are upon me; that is, such changes as there is in war, when first one regiment charges, and another seconds, and so regiment after regiment, company after company, file after file, now the right wing, and then the left, at last the reserve. Thus the Lord seemed to bring up his bands and troops of afflictions to assault Job in turns and changes, till his whole army had assaulted and skirmished with him. Those military terms of shooting and warring, are frequent figures in Scripture, shewing how God conflicts with sinfull, weak man, after the manner of men. Observe hence,
- 1Agmen quiddā malorum, ut etiam dicitur, lerna vel Ilias malorum. Mer. Vexations turmatim me invadunt Drus. Sagittandi & militandi verba saepe & eleganter in scripturis declarant Dei contra impios per flagella conflictum.Agmen quiddā malorum, ut etiam dicitur, lerna vel Ilias malorum. Mer. Vexationes turmatim me invadunt Drus. Sagittandi & militandi verba saepe & eleganter in scripturis declarant Dei contra impios per flagella conflictum.