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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 9
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.
Thus some translate, He prosecutes me with inward hatred: A hard expression of God; Doth he tear a harmless soul, and tear him in wrath? Yet this is not all; to make up the measure of this excessive language, take two aggravations more.
Thus some translate, He prosecutes me with inward hatred: A hard expression of God; Doth he teare a harmelesse soule, and teare him in wrath? Yet this is not all; to make up the measure of this excessive language, take two aggravations more.
He gnasheth upon me with his teeth.
Job pursues the allusion still: Beasts (as it were) whet their teeth that they may devour their prey: This action of gnashing the teeth is ascribed to men, and it notes four things.
Job pursues the allusion still: Beasts (as it were) whet their teeth that they may devoure their prey: This action of gnashing the teeth is ascribed to men, and it notes four things.