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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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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.
These words are a gradation to what went before, here are two similitudes to set forth one thing, the certaine 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 tast, 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.
The Naturalist Observes,1 that these Trees flourish near about the same time, and that the Vine and the Olive join, and are (as it were) spoused together; and if storms, or blasts of wind smite the Olive and the Vine, while they put forth their flowers, the hope of the Husbandman is utterly disappointed, We may sum up the meaning of these two similitudes into this brief conclusion.
The Naturalist Observes,1 that these Trees flourish neer about the same time, and that the Vine and the Olive joyne, and are (as it were) spoused together; and if stormes, or blasts of winde smite the Olive and the Vine, while they put forth their flowers, the hope of the Husbandman is utterly disappointed, We may sum up the meaning of these two similitudes into this breife conclusion.