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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.
Secondly, we may carry on the similitude thus, If he destroy him, that is, if the Gardener or the Husbandman; if the Master or owner of that ground or place, seeing a tree thus luxuriant, growing so near the foundation of his house, and so wrapped about the place of stones, hindering the light, darkening the windows of his house; if he come to destroy or cut him down, it shall deny him.
Secondly, we may carry on the similitude thus, If he destroy him, that is, if the Gardener or the Husbandman; if the Master or owner of that ground or place, seeing a tree thus luxuriant, growing so near the foundation of his house, and so wrapped about the place of stones, hindering the light, darkning the windows of his house; if he come to destroy or cut him down, it shall deny him.
Or, thirdly, If he destroy him; that is, if the Sun destroy him: So M. Broughton translates, If the Sun root him up from his place. But can the Sun root a tree up from his place? Yes, the Sun roots up a tree, when the Sun, before which a tree flourishes a while, casts his beams so hot upon it, that it is scorched. Extreme heat draws out all the moisture of a tree and kills it. In that sense the Sun may be said to root up a tree, the Sun killing the tree, causeth it to be ⟨p. 110⟩rooted up. Thus we see divers Antecedents answering the he, the agent in the Text.
Or, thirdly, If he destroy him; that is, if the Sunne destroy him: So M. Broughton translates, If the Sunne root him up from his place. But can the Sun root a tree up from his place? Yes, the Sun roots up a tree, when the Sun, before which a tree flourishes a while, casts his beams so hot upon it, that it is scorched. Extreme heat draws out all the moisture of a tree and kils it. In that sense the Sun may be said to root up a tree, the Sunne killing the tree, causeth it to be ⟨p. 110⟩rooted up. Thus we see divers Antecedents answering the he, the agent in the Text.