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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 23
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.
In Scripture sense, bread takes in all good things,1 even the best which concern this life: So Christ teacheth us to pray, Give us this day our daily bread. But here by bread, we are to understand the meanest provision, distinct from flesh, and other Food; a man that lives merely upon bread, hath but poor fare; though bread be the staff of life, yet he that hath nothing but bread to eat, lives meanly, and hath only enough to keep life and soul together.
In Scripture sense, bread takes in all good things,1 even the best which concern this life: So Christ teacheth us to pray, Give us this day our daily bread. But here by bread, we are to understand the meanest provision, distinct from flesh, and other Food; a man that lives meerly upon bread, hath but poore fare; though bread be the staffe of life, yet he that hath nothing but bread to eate, lives meanely, and hath onely enough to keep life and soule together.
- 1Panis hoc loco non significat, ut aliâs saepe, quodcunque esculentum; sed vilissimum quemque cibum quo possit sustentari. Pined. His verbis notatur aliud Dei flagellum nempe extrema inopia. Bold.
Yet further, they that wander for bread, must be content with the coursest bread, and with a little of that; they are often glad if they get but a dry or mouldy crust of bread to satisfy the cry of hunger. So then, To wander about for bread, is to live a beggars life, or to be driven to the utmost shifts to sustain life, and keep from starving.
Yet further, they that wander for bread, must be content with the coursest bread, and with a little of that; they are often glad if they get but a dry or mouldy crust of bread to satisfie the cry of hunger. So then, To wander about for bread, is to live a beggars life, or to be driven to the utmost shifts to sustaine life, and keep from starving.