A35473:1384
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 11
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 words seemeth to b•are an allusion to the proceeding of an earthly Judge, who having tried a Malefactor, and found him guilty, pronounceth sentence of death upon him, and then delivers, or turns him over to those who•e office it is to see execution done accordingly.
The words seemeth to b•are an allusion to the proceeding of an earthly Judge, who having tryed a Malefactor, and found him guilty, pronounceth sentence of death upon him, and then delivers, or turnes him over to those who•e office it is to see execution done accordingly.
The word which we render to deliver, signifies also to shut up, which suites well with the former notion; for a condemned Person is more closely shut up, and more narrowly watched, then before: But who were the ungodly to whom he was delivered, and the wicked into whose hands, or power he was turned? These were not only the Chaldeans, and Sabeans, but also all such as showed any malice against him, or willingly afflicted him in his afflictions.
The word which we render to deliver, signifies also to shut up, which suites well with the former notion; for a condemned Person is more closely shut up, and more narrowly watcht, then before: But who were the ungodly to whom he was delivered, and the wicked into whose hands, or power he was turned? These were not onely the Chaldeans, and Sabeans, but also all such as shewed any malice against him, or willingly afflicted him in his afflictions.
The words carry in them a correction of his former complaint, as if he had said, Why do I trouble my self with men, why do I complain of their unkindness or cruelty against me?