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…

That's the first instance. The word which we translate to remove, ¹signifies to wax old and strong, because things as they grow in age grow in strength. There is a declining age, and an increasing age. Things very old impair, and things growing older increase in strength; we have the word in that sense (Job 21.2.) Wherefore do the wicked become old? yea, they are mighty in power; he putteth these two together, growing old and mighty in power. The Septuagint render, Who maketh the mountains wax old, because, that which waxeth old is ready to vanish away (Heb. 8.13.) or to be removed and taken away, as the Ceremonial Law was, of which the Apostle speaks in that place.

That's the first instance. The word which we translate to remove, ¹signifies to wax old and strong, because things as they grow in age grow in strength. There is a declining age, and an encreasing age. Things very old impair, and things growing older encrease in strength; we have the word in that sense (Job 21.2.) Wherefore doe the wicked become old? yea, they are mighty in power; he putteth these two together, growing old and mighty in power. The Septuagint render, Who maketh the mountains wax old, because, that which waxeth old is ready to vanish away (Heb. 8.13.) or to be removed and taken away, as the Ceremoniall Law was, of which the Apostle speaks in that place.

1. 1Senescere; quia quae sic inveterascunt forticra & robustiora cum tempore solent evadere, ideo idem verbum significat roborari. [Greek or Hebrew]. Sept.Senescere; quia quae sic inveterascunt forticra & robustiora cum tempore solent evadere, ideo idem verbum significat roborari. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Sept.