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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.
The word in the original signifies to stand upright, to be erect, because pillars do so. There are two sorts of pillars, upon which there is a different interpretation of the word.
The word in the originall signifies to stand upright, to be erect, because pillars doe so. There are two sorts of pillars, upon which there is a different interpretation of the word.
There are, first, Supporting pillars. And
Secondly, Supported pillars. Or, there are pillars for ornament; and pillars for strength. We set up pillars or pinnacles upon the tops of great buildings for ornament, and they are supported pillars. We may call mountains such pillars: for, as when some stately palace is built, great pillars or pinnacles are set upon the towers and battlements: so the Lord having framed the earth, hath set up mountains, as great pillars for the adorning of it, He shaketh the earth, and the pillars thereof tremble; it is true of these upper pillars, the mountains they tremble. But I take it rather to be meant of supporting pillars, under-pillars, which bear the frame above, and are as the bases or under-props of the earth (Psal. 105.) Who laid the foundation of the earth; the earth hath a foundation; the Hebrew is, He hath founded the earth upon her basis, alluding to a building. Most buildings have their foundations in the earth; but some upon it, being raised upon pillars. So Hannah (1 Sam. 2.8.) in her Song, The pillars of the earth are the Lords, and he hath set the world upon them.
Secondly, Supported pillars. Or, there are pillars for ornament; and pillars for strength. We set up pillars or pinacles upon the tops of great buildings for ornament, and they are supported pillars. We may call mountains such pillars: for, as when some stately palace is built, great pillars or pinacles are set upon the towers and battlements: so the Lord having framed the earth, hath set up mountains, as great pillars for the adorning of it, He shaketh the earth, and the pillars thereof tremble; it is true of these upper pillars, the mountains they tremble. But I take it rather to be meant of supporting pillars, under-pillars, which bear the frame above, and are as the bases or under-props of the earth (