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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 28
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Hence Observe.
That God often makes the punishment of man suitable to his sin: The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands (Psal. 9.16.) The judgements of God are always just, and sometimes their justice is visible. As the wicked feel them, so all may see them, and say, Righteous art thou O Lord. The Prophet describes this retaliation of Divine judgement (Isa. 5.8, 9.) Woe to them that add House to House, and lay Field to Field, till there be no place (that is, no place for others to dwell in) that they may be placed in the midst of the earth: What is the danger of this? In mine ear saith the Lord of Hosts, of a truth, many Houses shall be desolate, many and fair without Inhabitant: Here is desolation, the reward of desolation; and as they took bread from others, and pulled the cup from their mouths, so their bread shall be taken away, and their cup left empty. Thus it follows in the Prophet (Vers. 10.) Yea ten Akers of Vineyard shall yield one Bath: A Bath was a measure among the Jews, of Liquids, containing, as is conceived, about eight Gallons; So that when he saith, Ten Akers of Vineyard shall yield one Bath; the meaning is, there shall be a great scarcity of Wine: An Acre of Vineyard should not yield a Gallon of Wine, that's a miserable Vintage. And the seed of an Homer, shall yield an Ephah; An Homer ⟨p. 154⟩was a measure for dry things, containing ten Ephahs: So that when it is said, The seed of a Homer shall yield an Ephah, the meaning is, they shall reap but the tenth part of the seed sown, which is a miserable Harvest, and the highest threat of ensuing Famine. Thus the Lord punished them as they had sinned; they starved the poor, and God threatens to starve them. Hunger never pinches so terribly as when it is a punishment sent at the cry of the hungry.
That God often makes the punishment of man suitable to his sin: The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth, the wicked is snared in the work of his owne hands (