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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
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And see what kind of Archers his were, they were no bunglers, they were good marks men; like the left handed Benjamites (Judg. 20.16.) They could shoot at a hairs breadth and not miss: For it follows: He cleaveth my reins asunder.
And see what kind of Archers his were, they were no bunglers, they were good marks men; like the left handed Benjamites (Judg. 20.16.) They could shoot at a haires breadth and not misse: For it follows: He cleaveth my reines asunder.
They are expert Archers who can cleave the reins: The reins are in the middle of the back, he that shoots at a Butt, and hits the middle of it shoots exactly; the whole Butt is not the mark, but the White which is set (according to a Geometrical proportion) in the middle of it. He that hits the mark, hits the middle of the Butt; but he that cleaves the Pin (that's the Archers Dialect) which fastens the mark to the Butt, That's the Archer, or That's He (as they also use to speak at their sport) he wins the prize:1 An Archer may hit the man, and not his reins, but to hit his reins is skilful archery: Jobs Archers were thus cunning in their art, They compass me about, and cleave my reins asunder: That's the first.
They are expert Archers who can cleave the reines: The reines are in the middle of the back, he that shoots at a Butt, and hits the middle of it shoots exactly; the whole Butt is not the mark, but the White vvhich is set (according to a Geometricall proportion) in the middle of it. He that hits the mark, hits the middle of the Butt; but he that cleaves the Pin (that's the Archers Dialect) which fastens the mark to the Butt, That's the Archer, or That's He (as they also use to speake at their sport) he wins the prize:1