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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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.
1'Tis frequent in the Hebrew to express matters or things, by this word, which in strictness signifieth but a word. (Chap: 19.28.) Seeing the root of the matter (the text is the root of the ⟨p. 245⟩word) is found in me. So here, He giveth not account of any of his words or matters. Again, The original saith, He giveth not account of all his matters. We translate full and right to the sense, when we say, He giveth not account of any of his matters. For the meaning of Elihu is not that God giveth an account of some (though that be a truth) but not indeed of all his matters, he hath some reserved cases and counsels, but his meaning is, that he is not obliged to give any man an account of so much as of any of his matters. And then, that universal is to be taken distributively, A•l for any. So we render it (Psal: 147.20.2) where the Psalmist showing the special privileges of Gods people, saith, He hath not dealt so with all nations; We translate, more emphatically, He hath not dealt so with any nation. God was so far from giving the same privilege to all nations, which he gave to his Israel, that he gave not the same to any nation. As if he had said, God hath honoured his peculiar people with peculiar favours, go enquire and search all the nations of the world, and ye shall not pick out a people upon whom God hath bestowed such rich and precious mercies, as he hath upon his Israel. And to this day the Israel of God in every nation enjoy such spiritual privileges and mercies as the Nations with whom they are civilly mingled know not of. But, to the point; Thus here, He giveth not account of all; that is, not of any of his matters.
1'Tis frequent in the Hebrew to expresse matters or things, by this word, which in strictness signifieth but a word. (Chap: 19.28.) Seeing the root of the matter (the text is the root of the ⟨p. 245⟩word) is found in me. So here, He giveth not account of any of his words or matters. Againe, The originall saith, He giveth not account of all his matters. We translate full and right to the sence, when we say, He giveth not account of any of his matters. For the meaning of Elihu is not that God giveth an account of some (though that be a truth) but not indeed of all his matters, he hath some reserved cases and counsels, but his meaning is, that he is not oblidg'd to give any man an account of so much as of any of his matters. And then, that universall is to be taken distributively, Al for any. So we render it (Psal: 147.20.