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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 expound the word soul in this former part of the verse, in opposition to life in the latter part of it, and his life from perishing by the sword. Soul and life are sometimes taken promiscuously, or indifferently for the same thing; yet there is a very great difference between soul and life; the life is nothing else but the union between soul and body; but the soul is a spiritual substance distinct from the body while remaining in it, and subsisting it self alone when separate from it. That bond or knot which ties soul and body together, is, properly, that which Elihu speaks of in the next words.
Some expound the word soul in this former part of the verse, in opposition to life in the latter part of it, and his life from perishing by the sword. Soul and life are sometimes taken promiscuously, or indifferently for the same thing; yet there is a very great difference between soul and life; the life is nothing else but the union between soul and body; but the soul is a spirituall substance distinct from the body while remaining in it, and subsisting it self alone when separate from it. That bond or knot which ties soul and body together, is, properly, that which Elihu speaks of in the next words.
And his life
As God keeps back his soul from everlasting destruction, so his life from temporal destruction. Though the soul be most preciova, yet life is very precious; skin for skin, yea all that a man hath will he give for his life (Chap. 2.5.) 'Tis therefore no small mercy for God to keep back a mans life ⟨p. 330⟩From perishing by the sword.
As God keeps back his soul from everlasting destruction, so his life from temporall destruction. Though the soul be most precioua, yet life is very precious; skin for skin, yea all that a man hath will he give for his life (Chap. 2.5.) 'Tis therefore no small mercy for God to keep back a mans life