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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 24
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Trouble and anguish single out wicked men; when God sends out his Armies of judgements, he charges them not to fight against the small or great of his own people, but against the wicked of the World: Wrath aims at them, and therefore they are terrified at the approaches of wrath.1
Trouble and anguish single out wicked men; when God sends out his Armies of judgements, he charges them not to fight against the small or great of his owne people, but against the wicked of the World: Wrath aymes at them, and therefore they are terryfied at the approaches of wrath.1
- 1Praeliaturum regem circundare solebat globus militum ut lectio Tygurina indicat. Angustia & circumvallatio eum circumstant ut regem consertis globis praeliaturum.
Secondly, Others give out the similitude, thus, Trouble and anguish shall come upon him, as a King ready to battle: As when a King goes to Battle he is compassed with a strong guard. (Every General hath his Life-guard, much more Kings) So, trouble and anguish shall compass a wicked man, as yet with widest difference; for the Guard compasseth the King for the safety and preservation of his person; whereas trouble and anguish gather about wicked men for their destruction: But the Text will hardly admit this explication, and therefore I pass it.
Secondly, Others give out the similitude, thus, Trouble and anguish shall come upon him, as a King ready to battell: As when a King goes to Battell he is compassed with a strong guard. (Every Generall hath his Life-guard, much more Kings) So, trouble and anguish shall compasse a wicked man, as yet with widest difference; for the Guard compasseth the King for the safety and preservation of his person; whereas trouble and anguish gather about wicked men for their destruction: But the Text will hardly admit this explication, and therefore I passe it.