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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 33
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Vers. 33. And he shall shake off his unripe Grape as the Vine, and shall cast off his flower as the Olive.
That is, His unripe Grapes and Flowers shall be shaken and cast off. By whom? Some say by God. He (that is, God) will snap off his sour Grape as the Vines, saith Master Broughton; and indeed whatsoever is the wind that shakes them, it is God who blows and sends the wind.
That is, His unripe Grapes and Flowers shall be shaken and cast off. By whom? Some say by God. He (that is, God) will snap off his soure Grape as the Vines, saith Master Broughton; and indeed whatsoever is the winde that shakes them, it is God who blowes and sends the winde.
These words are a gradation to what went before, here are two similitudes to set forth one thing, the certain and sudden destruction of all the hopes of a wicked man, His branch shall not be green; his Children and Posterity, especially they that follow his steps shall wither; and, which is yet a greater judgement, He shall shake off his unripe Grapes as the Vine, &c. Though his branch be green a while, though he hath leaves and buds, yet before 'tis perfect fruit, and gives a pleasant taste, it shall be destroyed: This he shadows under these metaphors, of the Vine, and the Olive, shaking off his unripe Grapes, and casting off his Flowers.