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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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Secondly, To cleave the reins, is to weaken, because the reins, or the loins, are the strength of a man, or of any ⟨p. 300⟩creature; Lo his strength is in his loins, saith God of Behemoth, 1which is as some think the Elephant (Job. 40.16.) And a man of no loins, is a man of no strength, in common language.
Secondly, To cleave the reynes, is to weaken, because the reynes, or the loynes, are the strength of a man, or of any ⟨p. 300⟩creature; Loe his strength is in his loynes, saith God of Behemoth, 1which is as some thinke the Elephant (Job. 40.16.) And a man of no loynes, is a man of no strength, in common language.
- 1Elumbem reader.Elumbem reddere.
Thirdly, To cleave the reins, is to give a mortal wound. Chirurgeons and Physicians observe, That if the reins be struck through,1 there is no help for it; cleaving the reins is much like piercing the heart; this is present death, and that leaves no hope of life, the wound of it is incurable.
Thirdly, To cleave the reynes, is to give a mortall wound. Chyrurgions and Physitians observe, That if the reynes be struck through,