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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.
Secondly, Flesh properly taken is that integral and similar part of the body, which is opposed to blood and bones, to veins and sinews. When Elihu saith his flesh is consumed, we are to understand it either in this proper sense, or in the second figurative sense before named, as flesh is put for the whole body; his flesh is consumed, that is, his flesh in opposition to his bones spoken of before, or his flesh that is his outward man Is consumed.
Secondly, Flesh properly taken is that integrall and similar part of the body, which is opposed to blood and bones, to veins and sinews. When Elihu saith his flesh is consumed, we are to understand it either in this proper sence, or in the second figurative sence before named, as flesh is put for the whole body; his flesh is consumed, that is, his flesh in opposition to his bones spoken of before, or his flesh that is his outward man Is consumed.
The Original word signifies to wax old; 1for as when a man recovers from sickness, his flesh is said to return like the flesh of a child. So when he is under the extremity of any sickness, his flesh, as it were, waxeth old, or withereth like the flesh of an old man. Thus 'tis translated (Lam•n. 3.4.) My flesh and my skin hath he made old; that is, though I am not old in years, or how young soever I am, yet God, by many sufferings, hath made me look like an old man; I am decayed and weak. David speaking of wicked worldly men, tells us, (Psal. 49.14.) Their beauty shall consume in the grave; As death and the grave make a total and final consumption of the beauty of bad men, that is, of all that splendour and bravery wherein they lived, while they lived in the body; so pains and sicknesses do exceedingly consume the body, and eat out the flesh. As a tyrannical oppressor eats out the people under his government, in which sense this word is applied (Dan. 7.25