A35473:747
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 29
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is his second woe:1 The word which we render Substance, signifies also Power, and strength; because riches impower and strengthen men to do great things; but how strong and substantial soever they are in the opinion of men, their time is but short, They shall not continue; and this ariseth two ways.
This is his second woe:1 The word which we render Substance, signifies also Power, and strength; because riches impower and strengthen men to doe great things; but how strong and substantiall soever they are in the opinion of men, their time is but short, They shall not continue; and this ariseth two wayes.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] robur, pro opibus saepe sumitur. Latin copias possis vertere. Merc.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 robur, pro opibus saepe sumitur. Latine copias possis vertere. Merc.
First, From the nature of the things of the World, which are all frail and momentany,1 and though we call them Substance, yet indeed they are but a Shadow, there is no continuance in them.
First, From the nature of the things of the World, which are all frayle and momentany,1 and though we call them Substance, yet indeed they are but a Shadow, there is no continuance in them.
- 1Summis negatum est stare diu.