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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 22
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First, Some understand it of the darkness of sin; but a wicked man cannot be said to despair of that about which he never had any hope,1 or desire.
First, Some understand it of the darknesse of sin; but a wicked man cannot be sayd to despaire of that about which he never had any hope,1 or desire.
- 1Pii spe see armant & in spem contra spem sperant. Merc.Pii spe se armant & in spem contra spem sperant. Merc.
Secondly, Some understand darkness literally, and plainly of the darkness of the night, and interpret thus, He believes ⟨p. 103⟩not that he shall return out of darkness; that is, he is so haunted with fears every night, when he lies down, that he thinks he shall never live till the morning: This is a good sense.
Secondly, Some understand darknesse litterally, and plainly of the darknesse of the night, and interpret thus, He beleeves ⟨p. 103⟩not that he shall returne out of darknesse; that is, he is so haunted with feares every night, when he lyes downe, that he thinks he shall never live till the morning: This is a good sense.