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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.
1The Hebrew is, It shall be the spiders house; the web is the house of the spider. We have the same word, Isa. 59.5. They weave the spiders web. Isaiah speaks of such pretenders, They trust in vanity, and speak lie. These were the spiders web, which they weaved.
1The Hebrew is, It shall be the spiders house; the web is the house of the spider. We have the same word, Isa. 59.5. They weave the spiders webbe. Isaiah speaks of such pretenders, They trust in vanity, and speaklie. These were the spiders web, which they weaved.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Tam animal, quam rete ejus, quod solet contexere, significat〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Tam animal, quam rete ejus, quod solet contexere, significat
But why is the trust of the hypocrite compared unto the spiders web? I shall clear that in four or five particulars, which will be as so many notes upon this text.
1. Because the profession, and all the works of an hypocrite are very weak and unstable, as the spiders web is. There is a kind of curiosity in them, but there is no strength or stability in them. The spider works very curiously, but her house will not bear any stress of weather, much less force of battery. The spiders web is no match for a broom or a whisk. Thus it is with the profession, the trust of hypocrites; you may see a neat spinning, a fine thread of profession, accurate weavings and contrivances, but when it comes to a push, it is not able to stand; if you do but touch it, 'tis gone. Some will stand out longer then others, yet all fall, as Christ assures us (