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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.
Thirdly, It is an allusion, as some conceive, to Conquerors in War, who when they have worsted an Adversary, take him by the neck, and make him their prisoner: As it is the last act of triumph and insultation over an Enemy, to tread upon his neck (Josh. 10.24.) Joshua called all the men of Israel, and said unto the Captains of the men of War, which went with them, Come near and put your feet upon the necks of these Kings: and they came near and put their feet upon the necks of them; Now as it is (I say) the last act of triumph to tread upon the neck: so it is the first act of triumph to take by the neck. Job thought himself used thus, He hath taken me by the neck, as a Wrestler, as a Sergeant, or as a Victor in War.
Thirdly, It is an allusion, as some conceive, to Conquerers in Warr, who when they have worsted an Adversary, take him by the neck, and make him their prisoner: As it is the last act of tryumph and insultation over an Enemy, to tread upon his neck (Josh. 10.24.) Joshua called all the men of Israel, and sayd unto the Captaines of the men of Warr, which went with them, Come neere and put your feet upon the necks of these Kings: and they came neer and put their feet upon the necks of them; Now as it is (I say) the last act of tryumph to tread upon the necke: so it is the first act of tryumph to take by the neck. Job thought himselfe used thus, Hee hath taken me by the necke, as a Wrastler, as a Sergeant, or as a Victor in Warr.
And hath shaken me to pieces.
And hath shaken me to peices.
I will not let it pass unobserved, that the word which we translate to shake to pieces, is but one in the Hebrew, but as that which we render to break asunder, so this is doubled to heighten the sense, and intimate no ordinary, but a terrible shaking; such a shaking as is followed with scattering, or a shaking,