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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 30
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The breath of man goes continually, and so doth the life of man; while man sleeps, his breath goes, and so doth his life; while man stands still, his breath goes, and so doth his life: The breath, indeed, is sometimes in a hurry, and goes faster then it doth at other times; but though the life of man doth not go faster at one time then at another, yet it always goes.
The breath of man goes continually, and so doth the life of man; while man sleeps, his breath goes, and so doth his life; while man stands still, his breath goes, and so doth his life: The breath, indeed, is sometimes in a hurry, and goes faster then it doth at other times; but though the life of man doth not goe faster at one time then at another, yet it alwayes goes.
Or if at any time our life may be said to go faster then at another, it is when our breath is (by some stop in its passage) at a stand; and when ever our breath comes to a full stop, our life is not only going, but quite gone.
Or if at any time our life may be sayd to goe faster then at another, it is when our breath is (by some stop in its passage) at a stand; and when ever our breath comes to a full stop, our life is not onely going, but quite gone.
The life of man hath so much dependence upon his breath, that it is called Breath, and the breath of life: When God formed man out of the dust of the ground, he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul (Gen. 2.7.) And as soon as God calls back this breath of life, man becomes a dead body, or a carcass: The life of man must needs go as his breath, for it goes with his breath; and when the life of a wicked man is gone, all (that he called his) his worldly glory, goes with him: In that day all his thoughts perish: For, As the breath of his mouth he shall go away.