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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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Thirdly, This winking with the eye is also a sign of disdain and scorn. As if Eliphaz had said, The pride of thy heart sparkles at thine eye; while we are counselling and comforting thee, thou art scorning us. The Ancients were very critical about the eye, much of a man may be seen at his eye. As a man sees, so he is seen by his own eyes. The frame of the heart appears much in the eye; a joyful or a sorrowful frame of heart, an humble or a proud frame of heart, a contented, or discontented, an amicable, or a scornful frame of heart appears at the eye. As the ear and nostrils of the Horse, discover him most, according to the rules of Naturalists, so the eye of man is the greatest discoverer of man, whether we consider the constitution or the actions of it. And that this action of winking, is an argument of a scornful ⟨p. 47⟩spirit, or the action of a scorner, appears from Davids Petition, or deprecation (Psal. 35.19.) Let not them that are mine Enemies wrongfully rejoice over me, neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause; it may seem to be a strange piece of prayer, why would not David have his enemy wink? What was that to him? The meaning is this, let not mine Enemies have any occasion to scorn and deride me, to boast and insult over me.
Thirdly, This winking with the eye is also a signe of disdaine and scorne. As if Eliphaz had sayd, The pride of thy heart sparkles at thine eye; while wee are counselling and comforting thee, thou art scorning us. The Ancients were very criticall about the eye, much of a man may be seen at his eye. As a man sees, so he is seen by his owne eyes. The frame of the heart appeares much in the eye; a joyfull or a sorrowfull frame of heart, an humble or a proud frame of heart, a contented, or discontented, an amicable, or a scornefull frame of heart appeares at the eye. As the eare and nostrills of the Horse, discover him most, according to the rules of Naturalists, so the eye of man is the greatest discoverer of man, whether we consider the constitution or the actions of it. And that this action of winking, is an argument of a scornefull ⟨p. 47⟩spirit, or the action of a scorner, appeares from Davids Petition, or deprecation (