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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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First, To do a thing with the utmost intention of mind ⟨p. 127⟩and body, to do it with all our might and fullest resolution. Joshua being resolved to bring total destruction upon the men of Ai, Drew not his hand back wherewith he stretched out his Spear, till he utterly destroyed all the Inhabitants of Ai (Josh. 8.26.) The stretching forth of his hand was emblematical, speaking, or implying that his spirit kept up to the height of resolution, for the ruin of that City and people.
First, To doe a thing with the utmost intention of minde ⟨p. 127⟩and body, to doe it with all our might and fullest resolution. Joshua being resolved to bring totall destruction upon the men of Ai, Drew not his hand back wherewith he stretched out his Speare, till he utterly destroyed all the Inhabitants of Ai (Josh. 8.26.) The stretching forth of his hand was emblematicall, speaking, or implying that his spirit kept up to the height of resolution, for the ruine of that City and people.
When the Scripture speaks of God, acting towards Man, either in a way of judgement or mercy, this phrase is often used, (Exod. 6.6.) Wherefore say to the Children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an out-stretched arm. (Exod. 14.8.) The Children of Israel went out with an high hand; and at the sixth Verse of the same Chapter, the Lord bid Moses, Stretch his hand over the Sea; to show that he was purposed to work a Miracle, for the deliverance of his people. The Prophets are frequent in this language (