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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.
2. A shadow (though sometimes it be put for protection and safety, yet) implies unsettledness and uncertainty;1 if a man stands or rests under a shadow, the shadow will leave him, 'twill be gone from him, and betray him to the scorching Sun-beams; a shadow never keeps long in one place, but varies with the motion of the Sun, and when it is high noon the shadow goes quite up, and is not. There is such an uncertainty in the life of man, it holds not one tenor, it stays not in any state, there is a deceitfulness in it, changes are upon it. The greatest certainty of our lives, is, that they are uncertain.
2. A shadow (though sometimes it be put for protection and safety, yet) implies unsetlednesse and uncertainty;1 if a man stands or rests under a shadow, the shadow will leave him, 'twill be gone from him, and betray him to the scorching Sunne-beams; a shadow never keeps long in one place, but varies with the motion of the Sunne, and vvhen it is high noon the shadow goes quite up, and is not. There is such an uncertainty in the life of man, it holds not one tenour, it staies not in any state, there is a deceitfulnesse in it, changes are upon it. The greatest certainty of our lives, is, that they are uncertain.
- 1Umbra denotat malefidam stationem & protectionem fugacem, nam qui sub umbra dormit proditur stati•, atque traditur radiis so•is. Pined.Ʋmbra denotat malefidam stationem & protectionem fugacem, nam qui sub umbra dormit proditur stati•, atque traditur radiis so•is. Pined.
In general, the life of man being compared to a shadow, teaches us, that it is short, moveable and unconstant, there is no hold or tack in it,