A35535:1161
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.
There is a little variety in the exposition of this latter clause of the verse; The word man not being expressly in the Hebrew (and therefore we find it put by our translators in a distinct character) the text runs only thus; God speaketh once, yea twice, he perceiveth it not. This hath occasioned the vulgar latin interpreter to refer this last clause of the verse to God also; giving out the sense thus; God speaketh once, and a second time he doth not repeat it; 1As if here were a warning given, that all should attend the very first motion of Gods voice to them; For he speaketh once, and doth not repeat the same. But I shall not stay upon that, because I see not how the Hebrew word by us rendered to perceive, can with any tolerable significancy be rendered to repeat:2 yet, there is a second rendering of the text in the same tenor, giving a genuine sense of that word, which is very profitable and proper enough to the scope of the place, God speaketh once, and he doth not consider upon it a second time; That is, when God speaks or decrees to give forth any thing, he doth not take it into consideration again or review and bring it about upon second thoughts, as men often do; yea it is their duty (though it be a duty arising from their frailty) so to do. Men ought to consider often and review their own words as well as their works. But (saith Elihu, according to this reading) God speaks once, and doth not consider of it again; for he hath the measure and compass of all things so fully in himself, that he needs not turn back his thoughts upon any of his determinations, as if there could be a mistake, or any error in them. This is a very glorious truth, highly advancing the name of God above every name among the best of the children of men. And it ariseth clearly from the text, leaving out the supplement which we make of the word man. Yet according to the opinion of the most and best expounders, yea according to the clearest scope and tendency of the text, that ⟨p. 275⟩word man is rather to be supplied, God speaketh once, yea twice, And man perceiveth it not.
There is a little varietie in the exposition of this latter clause of the verse; The word man not being expressely in the Hebrew (and therefore we finde it put by our translaters in a distinct character) the text runs only thus; God speaketh once, yea twice, he perceiveth it not. This hath occasion'd the vulgar latine interpreter to referre this last clause of the verse to God also; giving out the sence thus; God speaketh once, and a second time he doth not repeate it;