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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 16 › Verse 8
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Again, These wrinkles by an elegant metaphor may refer to his whole outward condition: For as a mans face is wrinkled when he grows old, so are his riches when he grows poor, and so is his honour when he grows out of repute. Poverty is the wrinkle of riches, and disgrace is the wrinkle of honour; we may take in all three here, for not only was Jobs body, but his wealth and honour were extremely wrinkled, and therefore he had great cause to cry out according to all the the interpretations, Thou hast filled me with wrinkles.
Againe, These wrinkles by an elegant metaphor may referr to his whole outward condition: For as a mans face is wrinkled when he growes old, so are his riches when he growes poore, and so is his honour when he growes out of repute. Poverty is the wrinkle of riches, and disgrace is the wrinkle of honour; we may take in all three here, for not onely was Jobs body, but his wealth and honour were extreamely wrinkled, and therefore he had great cause to cry out according to all the the interpretations, Thou hast filled me with wrinkles.
Which witness against me.
Which witnesse against me.
I shall give the meaning of that, when I have opened the latter clause, where it is repeated, My leanness rising up in me, beareth witness to my face: both parts of the Verse have the same meaning.
I shall give the meaning of that, when I have opened the latter clause, where it is repeated, My leannesse rising up in me, beareth witnesse to my face: both parts of the Verse have the same meaning.