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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 21
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.
Vers. 21. A dreadful sound is in his ear.
Vers. 21. A dreadfull sound is in his eare.
The Hebrew is, A voice of dreads; the word is Plural,1 because, not one single terror, but a multitude of terrors, an Army of terrors encamp about the spirit of a wicked man: and these charge him without intermission; as soon as one hath done, another draws up against him.
The Hebrew is, A voice of dreads; the word is Plurall,1 because, not one single terrour, but a multitude of terrours, an Army of terrours incamp about the spirit of a wicked man: and these charge him without intermission; as soone as one hath done, another draws up against him.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Sonnitus terrorum, numerus multitudinis significationem auget, i. e. sonitus maximè terrificus, vel non unius sed multiplicis terroris. Merc.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Sonnitus terrorum, numerus multitudinis significationem auget, i. e. sonitus maximè terrificus, vel non unius sed multiplicis terroris. Merc.
And he saith, A sound of terror, because a sound carries fear with it; Fear is a perturbation of the mind, arising from an apprehension of some approaching evil: Now, by how much the nearer evil draweth to us, by so much doth fear increase upon us; and then an evil may be said to be very near us, when we hear the sound of it. We quickly see and feel an Enemy, when once he is come within our hearing. When the King of Israel sent a messenger to take off the head of Elisha, Shut the door (saith Elisha) and hold him fast at the door, is not the sound of his Masters feet behind him? (2 K. 6.33.) That is, is not his Master near. And when Elijah saw the rain at hand, he thus bespeaks King Ahab, Get thee up, eat, and drink, for there is a sound of abundance of rain (