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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 13
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.
1God hath a Bow, he hath his Arrows, and his Archers, all ready at a call. The decree of God is his Quiver, his Arrows are his purposes, and the Instruments which execute them are his Archers; whether rational or irrational, whether men, or things, any thing which God useth to afflict man by, is his Archer: His Archers have compassed me about: The word is (Rabbi) His Archers, from Rab, great; so some read it, His great Ones have compassed me about. The word Rab, doth not only signify greatness in bulk, or continued quantity, but in number or discreet quantity. Hence Archers are called, Rabbi, great ones, not from their magnitude, but from their multitude, because Archers go in company; ⟨p. 297⟩two at the least, and usually many are a set; or they are called many, because every one hath many Arrows, Men carry but one Sword, and one Spear, but they carry many Arrows, therefore the word signifies many. His Archers, or many, compass me round about. Hence note in prosecution of the same point,
1God hath a Bow, he hath his Arrowes, and his Archers, all ready at a call. The decree of God is his Quiver, his Arrows are his purposes, and the Instruments which execute them are his Archers; whether rationall or irrationall, whether men, or things, any thing which God useth to afflict man by, is his Archer: His Archers have compassed mee about: The word is (Rabbi) His Archers, from Rab, great; so some read it, His great Ones have compassed me about. The word Rab, doth not onely signifie greatnesse in bulke, or continued quantity, but in number or discreet quantity. Hence Archers are called, Rabbi, great ones, not from their magnitude, but from their multitude, because Archers goe in company; ⟨p. 297⟩two at the least, and usually many are a set; or they are called many, because every one hath many Arrows, Men carry but one Sword, and one Speare, but they carry many Arrows, therefore the word signifies many. His Archers, or many, compasse me round about. Hence note in prosecution of the same point,
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Magni ejus. sed hic quadrare non potest. Licet enim [Greek or Hebrew] Sig. magnitudinem sive in quantitate continua sive in discreta, hic tamen in discreta est accipienda, a multitudine enim sagittarii dicuntur Rabim.