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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 27
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1That is, he is exceeding fat; a phrase like that (Psal. 73.7.) Their eyes stand out with fatness: The Hebrew is, Their eyes are gone out of their heads through fatness: that is, They seem as gone or going out of their heads. 'Tis usual in the language of the Holy Ghost to describe wicked men by fatness, (Psal. 78.31.) He slew the fattest of them; that is, the worst of them, those who were most rebellious, longing after dainties,2 when God had given them bread from Heaven. David sets forth his Enemies (and so the Enemies of Christ, of whom that Psalm is a Prophecy) under this notion (Psal. 22.12.) Strong bulls, or fat bulls, came about me: By the fat Bulls he means the Scribes and Pharisees, the high Priest, and Rulers, who (as it were) beset Christ with continual conspiracies. More plainly (Psal. 17.9, 10.) Keep me from ⟨p. 147⟩mine Enemies that oppress me: They are enclosed in their own fat, with their mouth they speak proudly. Again (Psal. 119.70.) Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in thy Law.
1That is, he is exceeding fat; a phrase like that (Psal. 73.7.) Their eyes stand out with fatnesse: The Hebrew is, Their eyes are gone out of their heads through fatnesse: that is, They seem as gone or going out of their heads. 'Tis usuall in the language of the Holy Ghost to describe wicked men by fatnesse, (Psal. 78.31.) He slew the fattest of them; that is, the worst of them, those who were most rebellious, longing after dainties,