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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 35
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The wicked man in the Text prepares not only curiously, but strongly; as he likes no bungling, so he is not pleased with toys and and babbles; he would lay his designs so cunningly and so firmly, that as they said of the Powder-Plot, All the Devils in Hell shall not disappoint it: He hopes to catch and hold, not the weak Flies only, but the strongest Eagles, in his deceits and snares.
The wicked man in the Text prepares not onely curiously, but strongly; as he likes no bungling, so he is not pleased with toyes and and bables; he would lay his designes so cunningly and so firmely, that as they sayd of the Pouder-Plot, All the Devills in Hell shall not disappoint it: He hopes to catch and hold, not the weak Flyes onely, but the strongest Eagles, in his deceits and snares.
Their belly prepareth deceit.
That is, they prepare to deceive and ensnare: The Prophet denounceth judgement against the Priests, against the house of Israel, and against the house of the King, because they had been a snare upon Mizpeh, and a net spread upon Tabor (Hos. 5.1.) that is, because they had prepared nets and snares to entangle and deceive the people. Their bellies prepared deceit; and so did theirs, who said (Jer. 18.18.) Come let us devise devises; let us contrive somewhat to ensnare the Prophet (Jer. 18.18.) Their belly prepareth deceit: He speaks in the present tense, as if they were always doing it; they know neither vacation nor cessation from this wicked work. It is a continued act, Their belly prepareth.