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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 15 › Verse 12
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Vers. 12. Why doth thy heart carry thee away?
He speaks by way of Question, or as some expound him, by way of admiration; as if he had said, It is strange, even a wonder to me, that thy heart should thus carry thee away: The word which we translate, to carry away, signifies to take up, or barely to take, and lay hold upon; Why doth thy heart? the heart is the whole inward man; here more specially, the affections; Why do thy affections, master thy judgement, why are thy passions too hard for thy reason? Others give the sense thus, How can thy heart hold thee? As if Job had grown too big for himself; as if he had been so proud and arrogant, so transported with self-conceit, that he could not contain himself, and keep his bounds, or as if he had not stowage enough for his own thoughts. A third, thus (which comes near the same sense) What doth thy heart attribute or ascribe to thee? Sure thy ⟨p. 43⟩heart doth give thee some great titles, such as these, Job the wise, Job the holy, the just, the sincere; thy heart sets thee out sure,1 and gilds thee over with attributes beyond thy deserving.
He speakes by way of Question, or as some expound him, by way of admiration; as if he had sayd, It is strange, even a wonder to me, that thy heart should thus carry thee away: The word which we translate, to carry away, signifies to take up, or barely to take, and lay hold upon; Why doth thy heart? the heart is the whole inward man; here more specially, the affections; Why doe thy affections, master thy judgement, why are thy passions too hard for thy reason? Others give the sense thus, How can thy heart hold thee? As if Job had growne too big for himselfe; as if he had been so proud and arrogant, so transported with selfe-conceit, that he could not containe himselfe, and keep his bounds, or as if he had not stowage enough for his owne thoughts. A third, thus (which comes neere the same sense) What doth thy heart attribute or ascribe to thee? Sure thy ⟨p. 43⟩