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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.
1. To be weakened, to languish; and because those things which languish and are weak, either are cut off, or are ready to be cut off; therefore it signifies likewise cutting off.
1. To be weakned, to languish; and because those things which languish and are weak, either are cut off, or are ready to be cut off; therefore it signifies likewise cutting off.
2. Further, the word imports gradually, 1. displeasing, 2. loathing or abominating, 3. chiding or contending.
The words yielding these senses, receive different translations and interpretations.
The words yeelding these senses, receive different translations and interpretations.
First thus, taking the former for inconstancy or folly, his folly shall displease him, or, His folly shall not please him: So the Vulgar, Hypocrites never please God, and at last they shall not please themselves. The ways and works of hypocrites are ever displeasing to God, and they shall at last be displeasing to themselves. That's the sense of their translation.