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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. Some take, before the Sun, to be only this, openly, conspicuously, and in the sight of all; for to do a thing before the Sun, is to do it without covert or secrecy, 2 Sam. 12.12. Thus the Lord threateneth David, after that sin of privacy committed with Bathsheba, Thou didst it secretly, 1but I will do this before all Israel, and before the Sun: So the hypocrite, is green before the Sun; that is, he flourisheth in the eye, view and sight of all men. He hath fair leaves and branches of outward profession in the Church, and of outward prosperity in the world.
1. Some take, before the Sun, to be only this, openly, conspicuously, and in the sight of all; for to do a thing before the Sun, is to do it without covert or secrecy, 2 Sam. 12.12. Thus the Lord threatneth David, after that sin of privacy committed with Bathsheba, Thou didst it secretly, 1but I will do this before all Israel, and before the Sun: So the hypocrite, is green before the Sun; that is, he flourisheth in the eye, view and sight of all men. He hath fair leaves and branches of outward profession in the Church, and of outward prosperity in the world.
- 1Ante solem, i. e. palam in oculis omnium.
2. Before the Sun, that is as a tree in Summer, when the Sun returns to us, or turns upon us. In the beginning of the spring the Sun returns: having travelled furthest off from us, it comes to the ⟨p. 103⟩vertical point, and turns about to us again. So that, before the Sun, or the Sun looking towards us, is a description of the spring. And so it is, as if he had said, As a tree when the Sun cometh towards it in the Spring, and shines hot upon it in the Summer, makes a fair show: So the hypocrite is very green, joyful, full of contentment, whilst he hath the Sun of prosperity shining upon him, whilst those warm rays of outward comforts, heat and nourish him, so long he is green and flourishing.