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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.
Secondly, Besides the natural, there is a civill shadow, Protection is a shadow: and to be under a shadow, is to be protected. We translate (Numb. 14, 9.) Their defence is departed from them, the Hebrew is, Their shadow, So Isa. 4.5. & 25.4.
Secondly, Besides the naturall, there is a civill shadow, Protection is a shadow: and to be under a shadow, is to be protected. We translate (Numb. 14, 9.) Their defence is departed from them, the Hebrew is, Their shadow, So Isa. 4.5. & 25.4.
Thirdly, A shadow is taken for a dark or imperfect representation of things spiritual; so all the Ceremonies of the old Law are called shadows (Heb. 8.5. & 10.1. & 9.9. Col. 2.17.) Ceremonial worship is expressed by a shadow, because it was but an obscure representation of the truth: The Ceremonies were interposed between Christ the true light and us, and so cast a shadow of him. Or, as a Painter, who is to draw the lively figure or shape of a man, at first makes an obscure draught, or some imperfect lines of the body, but afterwards gives it beauty and lustre to the life. The Mosaical rites were such a shadow of heavenly things. Yet further, a shadow (which comes nearest the meaning of this text) notes the least imaginable sign or semblance of a thing: So (