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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.
The Hebrew word for word runs thus, And the words of thy mouth a strong wind: We resume in this later clause, How long, and add, be like, to supply the sense. There is no term of comparison expressed in the original, yet the strength of one is implied, and therefore to fill up the meaning, we render, And how long shall the words of thy mouth be as a strong wind? M. Broughton translates it without a note of similitude, How long wilt thou talk in this sort, that the words of thy mouth be a vehement wind?
The Hebrew word for word runs thus, And the words of thy mouth a strong winde: We resume in this later clause, How long, and adde, be like, to supply the sense. There is no tearm of comparison expressed in the originall, yet the strength of one is implyed, and therefore to fill up the meaning, we render, And how long shall the words of thy mouth be as a strong winde? M. Broughton translates it without a note of similitude, How long wilt thou talk in this sort, that the words of thy mouth be a vehement winde?
Words are air or breath formed and articulated, by the instruments of speech. Hence breath and words are put for the same in divers Scriptures (Psal. 33.6.) By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Breath in the later clause, is no more then word in the first, for it was a powerful word, which caused all the creatures to stand out in their several forms. So Isa. 11.4. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips (or with the wind of his lips) shall he stay the wicked; It is not blowing upon wicked men that will slay them, but it is speaking to them; there is a power in the word of a Prophet, when spoken in the Name of Christ, which destroys those who will not obey it, Hos. 6.5. I have hewed them by my Prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth.