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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 20
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.
And the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
And the number of yeares is hidden to the oppressour.
The word which we render, Oppressor, 1signifies a man exceeding powerful and terrible, or by his power terrifying others; He that oppresseth must have power, and some desire power for no other end, but to enable them to oppress. Solomon speaks of a poor man that oppresseth (Prov. 28.3.) but he oppresseth only those who are less powerful then himself. A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is, &c. One poor man may be as much above another poor man in power, as some rich men are above the poor. Equals in power cannot oppress.
The word which we render, Oppressor, 1signifies a man exceeding powerfull and terrible, or by his power terrifying others; He that oppresseth must have power, and some desire power for no other end, but to enable them to oppresse. Solomon speaks of a poore man that oppresseth (Prov. 28.3.) but he oppresseth onely those who are lesse powerfull then himselfe. A poore man that oppresseth the poore, is, &c. One poore man may be as much above another poore man in power, as some rich men are above the poore. Equalls in power cannot oppresse.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Violentus, crudelis, robustus tyrannus, qui suis nititur opibus, & aliis terribilis est.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Violentus, crudelis, robustus tyrannus, qui suis nititur opibus, & aliis terribilis est.