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…

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.

If he destroy him from his place.

¹The word which we translate destroy, signifies properly to swallow down, as a man swallows down meat and drink: And it signifies to swallow as a man swallows, when he is very hungry; a man that is very hungry eats his meat greedily; he throws it down whole into his throat rather then chews it. Now, because when meat is swallowed down, the meat is consumed and spent, and is destroyed and comes to nothing, therefore the Hebrews elegantly translate that word, which properly signifies to swallow up,