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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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Again, others render it passively, He is waited for of the Sword, when he thinks not of it: The Sword lies in ambush to surprise him. A man is said to be waited for by an Enemy, when he intends to assault him unawares, To be thus waited for by the sword, is to be waited for by sword-men. And it is as great a disadvantage to be seen of the Sword, before we see the Sword; as it is (according to the old Proverb) to be seen of the Wolf, or of the Crocodile, before we see either.
Againe, others render it passively, He is waited for of the Sword, when he thinkes not of it: The Sword lies in ambush to surprize him. A man is sayd to be waited for by an Enemy, when he intends to assault him unawares, To be thus waited for by the sword, is to be waited for by sword-men. And it is as great a disadvantage to be seen of the Sword, before we see the Sword; as it is (according to the old Proverb) to be seen of the Wolf, or of the Crocodile, before we see either.
The wicked is waited for of the Sword, not for any service, but for the revenge it owes him, the Sword lies behind the door, or under a bush to snap him as he passeth.
The wicked is waited for of the Sword, not for any service, but for the revenge it owes him, the Sword lyes behind the doore, or under a bush to snap him as he passeth.
The Septuagint in stead of, he is waited, or watched, or looked for by the Sword, render thus, He is decreed into the hand of the Sword; leading us to the appointment and destination of God, who hath set him out, and marked him for judgement. He is appointed to the Sword: Such a decree the Prophet seems to point at (Jer. 15.2.) where he brings in the Lord, as resolved to proceed in judgement against all prayers and entreaties, though made by his greatest Favourites; Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be into this people, but such as are for death, to death, and such as are for the Sword, to the Sword: That is, such as are decreed into the hand of the Sword, let the Sword take them; the decree shall stand, the sentence is irrevocable.