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…

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,² to destroy; to destroy is to swallow up: And in that sense (Isa. 28.7.) wine is said to swallow up a man, that is, to destroy and consume him. Intemperate persons swallow up wine, and at last wine swallows up them: The wine drinks up their estates, their wits, their healths, their lives, their all at last. It is a metaphor taken also from cruel and savage beasts, who devour men; as Jacob saith of Joseph, Surely a wild beast hath devoured, or swallowed him up: And (Psal. 35.25.) we have that word, applied to wicked men, conspiring against the Saints, they say, We have swallowed him up, ah, so would we have it; that is, we have utterly destroyed him, this pleases, this goes well on our side.

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,²