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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 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.
There is a difference among Interpreters what these Heavens are; The Chaldee Paraphrast, and some of the Ancients, understand the Angels, as in the former part of the Verse, and they say the Angels are called the Heavens under a twofold consideration:
First, Because Angels are like the Heavens, in their spirituality and incorruptibility, in their order and subordination among themselves, as also in their power over sublunary or earthly bodies.
Secondly, By a Synecdoche, because the Angels have their habitation in Heaven, that's their dwelling place; so Master Broughton translates, Nor they of Heaven be clean in his eyes; that is, the Inhabitants of Heaven are not clean in his eyes.1 The Heathen Poet calls those whom he supposed dwellers in Heaven by the Name of Heaven; describing a pleasant River, he calls it, A River pleasant to Heaven; that is, to those who are in Heaven.
Secondly, By a Synechdoche, because the Angels have their habitation in Heaven, thats their dwelling place; so Master Broughton translates, Nor they of Heaven be cleane in his eyes; that is, the Inhabitants of Heaven are not cleane in his eyes.1 The Heathen Poet calls those whom he supposed dwellers in Heaven by the Name of Heaven; describing a pleasant River, he calls it, A River pleasant to Heaven; that is, to those who are in Heaven.
- 1Caeruleus Tibris caelo gratissimus amnis. i. e. diis vel caelicolis. Virg. l. 8.