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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.
Some conceive that Elihu intended by these different words, to set forth two sorts of dreams; First, those dreams which men have when extraordinary deep sleep falls upon them; such as that spoken of (Gen: 2.21.) God commanded a deep sleep to fall on Adam, when he took the rib out of his side and formed the woman. We read also (Gen: 15.12.) that a deep sleep fell on Abraham when God revealed to him what should become of his posterity, and how they should be in Egypt, and there much oppressed four hundred years, &c. It is said also (1 Sam: 26.12.) A deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them; that is, upon Saul, and his guards, who lay round about him. And that might be called a sleep from the Lord, both because it was a sleep which the Lord sent, and because it was an extreme deep sleep. Secondly, there are dreams in ordinary sleep, or in very slumbrings or noddings upon the bed, we may call them waking dreams. Thus Elihu showeth God taking several times or seasons for the revealing of himself in dreams; sometimes in deep sleep, and often in the least and slightest sleeps, called slumbrings.
Some conceive that Elihu intended by these different words, to set forth two sorts of dreams; First, those dreams which men have when extraordinary deep sleep falls upon them; such as that spoken of (Gen: 2.21.) God commanded a deep sleep to fall on Adam, when he tooke the rib out of his side and formed the woman. We read also (Gen: 15.12.) that a deep sleep fell on Abraham when God revealed to him what should become of his posterity, and how they should be in Egypt, and there much oppressed foure hundred yeares, &c. It is said also (1 Sam: 26.12.) A deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them; that is, upon Saul, and his guards, who lay round about him. And that might be called a sleep from the Lord, both because it was a sleep which the Lord sent, and because it was an extream deep sleep. Secondly, there are dreams in ordinary sleep, or in very slumbrings or noddings upon the bed, we may call them waking dreames. Thus Elihu sheweth God taking severall times or seasons for the revealing of himselfe in dreams; sometimes in deep sleep, and often in the least and slightest sleeps, called slumbrings.
I shall not here insist upon or discourse the way of Gods manifesting himself to the Ancients, by dreams & visions, but refer the Reader to what hath already been done upon the 4th Chapter at the 12th and 13th verses; where Eliphaz speaks almost in the same manner as Elihu here about visions; And, indeed there is a very great Consent between their two parts in this book, that of Eliphaz, and this of Elihu; They were both holy and prophetical men, both of them had the same design in speaking about dreams and visions, namely, to convince and humble Job; and both of them express themselves in terms of a very near Cognation. So that if the reader please to consult that place (