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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 17
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.
But what will Eliphaz show him? Not that which he had fancied, but that which he was assured of.
But what will Eliphaz shew him? Not that which he had phansied, but that which he was assured of.
That which I have seen I will declare:
That which I have seene I will declare:
Seeing is a sure and particular sense; yet as the act of one sense, is often put for the act of another; so Seeing, which is the most noble of the senses, is often put for all. That which I have seen; is, that which I have learned, that which I have fetched in, or collected by the help of all my senses; yea, by my reason and understanding, That do I here declare unto thee. More strictly, Seeing may be taken two ways: First, as noting experience; I have not only heard some reports about these things, but I have seen, and observed them my self; there is a stronger conviction in this, because the sense of seeing is less fallible then that of hearing; and we say, One eye witness, is better then ten ear witnesses: Secondly, as I have seen, 1may be taken for common experiences among men: so for special revelation from God. Some Divine revelations were made in visions; and all Divine Revelations were so clear and evident, that they were or might be called Visions, as if the matter of them had been represented to the eye; and hence such as God honoured and trusted with those Revelations were called Seers (1 Sam. 9.9.) He that is now called a Prophet was before time called a Seer: And he was called a Seer, because the clearness of those messages and manifestations was so great, that they might be judged as objects of the eye, rather then of the ear, or of the understanding. Thus the whole Book of the Prophecy of Isaiah is called, A Vision, or a thing seen; The Vision of Isaiah the Prophet, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, (Chap. 1.1.) Yet the Prophet did not