A35473:1574
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 15
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.
Horns are proper to a beast, but they are often by a figure or improperly ascribed to man. The horn imports two things in figure.
Hornes are proper to a beast, but they are often by a figure or improperly ascribed to man. The horne imports two things in figure.
First, Strength, and power. Secondly, Dignity, and ornament.
It is often put for strength and power; for the strength and power of good men (1 Sam. 2.10.) Hannah sings, Thou shalt exalt the horn (that is, the strength and power) of thine anointed. ⟨p. 318⟩(Psal. 132.17.) There shall he make the horn of David to flourish. David was a type of Christ, and of him this Psalm is expounded (Luke 1.69.) God hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David: A horn of salvation, is, strong salvation, or strength of salvation: God laid help for us upon one that is mighty, when he laid help for us upon his Son.
It is often put for strength and power; for the strength and power of good men (1 Sam. 2.10.) Hannah sings, Thou shalt exalt the horne (that is, the strength and power) of thine annoynted. ⟨p. 318⟩