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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 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.
Further, these words are an aggravation of his misery, because if at any time he appears prosperous, and free from fear, then sudden destruction overtakes him.
Further, these words are an aggravation of his misery, because if at any time he appeares prosperous, and free from feare, then sudden destruction overtakes him.
Or lastly, The destroyer may be said to come upon him in prosperity, because in his best days he fears the destroyer: he suspects danger, when he sees none; and is therefore never out of danger. Who this destroyer is, is left here at large;1 no particular one is specified, but any terrible one is intended; Eliphaz doth not say, A Destroyer, but The Destroyer. One both powerful and skilful to destroy shall come upon him. He shall not only come to him, but come upon him; to come upon, is to invade or to assault: A friend comes to a man with kindness and embraces, to visit or salute him, an Enemy comes upon a man with blows, and violence to wound and destroy him. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Or lastly, The destroyer may be sayd to come upon him in prosperity, because in his best dayes he feares the destroyer: he suspects danger, when he sees none; and is therefore never out of danger. Who this destroyer is, is left here at large;1 no particular one is specified, but any terrible one is intended; Eliphaz doth not say, A Destroyer, but The Destroyer. One both powerfull and skilfull to destroy shall come upon him. He shall not onely come to him, but come upon him; to come upon, is to invade or to assault: A freind comes to a man with kindnesse and embraces, to visit or salute him, an Enemy comes upon a man with blowes, and violence to wound and destroy him. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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