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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 10
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What literal smiting is, all know, and most have felt, but had Job any about him who used him thus rudely? I conceive, not; and therefore we may understand him metaphorically. So, smiting on the cheek, is to reproach: And these words, They have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully, are no more nor less, then, They have reproached me. To smite on the cheek, is a thing so reproachful, that, by an Hebraism,1 it signifieth to reproach (Lam. 3.30.) He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him, which is expounded in the latter clause by this, he is filled full with reproach. The sufferings of Christ, which were full of reproach, are thus Prophesied, I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting (Isa. 50.6.) Christ was smitten on the face literally (Matth. 26.67.) Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him, and others smote him with the palms of their hands. He was smitten also tropically, being put to open shame, and disgracefully dealt with. That of the Apostle ⟨p. 270⟩clears this sense (2 Cor. 11.20.) Ye suffer a man to bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face, that is, If he disgrace you: So the Apostle expounds it (Vers. 21.) I speak concerning reproach. Paul (Chap. 12.) had a messenger of Satan sent to buffet him, to cuff, or smite him with the fist, so the word signifies; what that was, at least in part, he explains (Vers. 10.) I will therefore take pleasure in reproaches. Thus the Prophet describes the dishonour which should be put upon the Judge (Micah. 5.1.) Now gather thy self in Troops, O daughter of Troops, he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek, that is, The Enemy shall pour contempt upon thy Kings and Princes;2