A35535:1461
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.
Or as Mr Broughton renders, his flesh wasteth away from sight, or he hath no flesh left to be seen.
Or as Mr Broughton renders, his flesh wasteth away from sight, or he hath no flesh left to be seene.
Again, When it is said, his flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen, some expound it thus; His flesh is so consumed away, that the seer withdraweth from it; or no man cares to see it, that is, the sick man is so discoloured and wasted, that visitors and spectators start and are almost frighted to look upon him. The flesh of man in a healthful and flourishing condition, is a lovely spectacle, and draws beholders, but the flesh of a very sick man is a ghastly spectacle and a regreet to the beholder. We love not to see that which we do not like. Beauty attracts, deformity withdraws the eye. It is said of Jesus Christ himself, that he was so deformed by his sufferings (Isa: 52.14.) that many were astonished at him (his visage was so marred more then any man, and his form more then the sons of men) and (Isa: 53.3.) We hid as it were our faces from him, he was despised and we esteemed him not; that is, he was so dis-figured by sorrow, that no man cared to look upon him. Thus 'tis often with the sick. And this is a profitable and a probable sense of the text in hand; His flesh is consumed away, and then he who before delighted to see it, is troubled at the sight of it, or is rather affrighted then pleased in seeing it.
Againe, When it is sayd, his flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seene, some expound it thus; His flesh is so consumed away, that the seer withdraweth from it; or no man cares to see it, that is, the sick man is so discoloured and wasted, that visiters and spectators start and are almost frighted to looke upon him. The flesh of man in a healthfull and flourishing condition, is a lovely spectacle, and draws beholders, but the flesh of a very sick man is a gastly spectacle and a regreet to the beholder. We love not to see that which we doe not like. Beauty attracts, deformity withdrawes the eye. It is sayd of Jesus Christ himselfe, that he was so deformed by his sufferings (Isa: 52.14.) that many were astonish'd at him (his vissage was so marred more then any man, and his forme more then the sons of men) and (Isa: 53.3.) We hid as it were our faces from him, he was despised and we esteemed him not; that is, he was so dis-figured by sorrow, that no man cared to look upon him. Thus 'tis often with the sick. And this is a profitable and a probable sense of the text in hand; His flesh is consumed away, and then he who before delighted to see it, is troubled at the sight of it, or is rather affrighted then pleased in seeing it.