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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.
Either way the sense is good, He is green, before the Sun cometh with his heat, that is, he cannot endure the scorching time of trouble: or, he is green before the Sun; that is, before some trouble or scorching, before some heat of persecution, this hypocrite may stand, He is green before the Sun.
Either way the sense is good, He is green, before the Sun cometh with his heat, that is, he cannot endure the scorching time of trouble: or, he is green before the Sunne; that is, before some trouble or scorching, before some heat of persecution, this hypocrite may stand, He is green before the Sun.
And his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Branch.] The word which we translate branch is derived from ⟨p. 104⟩a root which signifies a little sucking child,1 or an infant; and the reason is, because branches which come from a tree, draw moisture and sap from the tree, as an infant doth milk from the mothers breast: therefore we elegantly in our language, answering the Hebrew, call such branches suckers, and we cut them off where we see many sprouting from one fruit-bearing tree, because they draw too much from the tree, and hinder the fruit, that's the meaning of the Hebrew word, His suckers: So M. Broughton translates, His suckers sprout out over his orchard. By these branches we may understand either his children, or his honour, his relations, or his reputation, these shoot forth and show themselves as branches from a tree, His branches shoot forth in his garden.
Branch.] The word which we translate branch is derived from