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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 25
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Secondly, The hand is taken improperly, or metaphorically; so, the power of a man is his hand, the strength of his whole body, state, and mind, may be called his hand; his riches are his hand, his credit is his hand, his wit, and parts, Learning, and Eloquence, are his hand, as there is a power in all these. And when it is said here, He stretcheth forth his hand against God; we may understand it in that latitude; for a wicked man improves the strength of his body, the power of his Estate, his Credit, his Wit, all his accommodations in the way of Rebellion against God. A man is said to stretch out himself,1 when he doth his utmost to attain his end, and makes the most of himself to any purpose: In such cases he stretcheth all that he is (as we say) upon the Tenters; and this all of his put together, is his hand stretched out against God.
Secondly, The hand is taken improperly, or metaphorically; so, the power of a man is his hand, the strength of his whole body, state, and minde, may be called his hand; his riches are his hand, his credit is his hand, his wit, and parts, Learning, and Eloquence, are his hand, as there is a power in all these. And when it is sayd here, He stretcheth forth his hand against God; we may understand it in that latitude; for a wicked man improves the strength of his body, the power of his Estate, his Credit, his Wit, all his accommodations in the way of Rebellion against God. A man is sayd to stretch out himselfe,1 when he doth his utmost to attaine his end, and makes the most of himselfe to any purpose: In such cases he stretcheth all that he is (as we say) upon the Tenters; and this all of his put together, is his hand stretched out against God.
- 1Extendere manum est omnem adhibere conatum ad percutiendum hostem aut aliquid aliud aggrediendum.
Further, To stretch out the hand, imports four things.