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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 12
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.
Now as wicked men by sinning, would batter the Law to pieces, so God by afflicting doth sometimes break good men to pieces. Consider what course usage the holy Law of God hath in the hearts and lives of wicked men; O how they tear it and vex it, and batter it every day: Thus doth the Lord deal with many of his holy servants who (had they their wish) would not make the least breach in the Law, and whose hearts are often broken with godly sorrow, because they cannot but break it, yet to these he doth not only give a bruise or a blow but breaks them asunder.
Now as vvicked men by sinning, vvould batter the Law to peices, so God by afflicting doth sometimes break good men to peices. Consider what course usage the holy Law of God hath in the hearts and lives of vvicked men; O how they tear it and vex it, and batter it every day: Thus doth the Lord deal vvith many of his holy servants vvho (had they their vvish) would not make the least breach in the Law, and vvhose hearts are often broken vvith godly sorrow, because they cannot but break it, yet to these he doth not onely give a bruise or a blow but breaks them asunder.
There is yet another elegance in the signification of the word: For as Hebreicians observe, it notes a bruising, like that of Grapes, or Olives, which are trodden in a press, to make Wine or Oil;1 hence also a Noun from this Verb signifies the Wine-press (Isa. 63.3.) Now Grapes and Olives being trodden, are broken and bruised in pieces; not only is their form and beauty totally spoiled, but all their sweetness, juice, and liquor, is wrought out of them, and they are left as a dry lump.
There is yet another elegancy in the signification of the vvord: For as Hebreicians observe, it notes a bruising, like that of Grapes, or Olives, vvhich are trodden in a presse, to make Wine or Oyle;1