A35535:1463
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.
1There is yet a fourth reading, which further aggravates the sick mans consumption; His flesh is consumed in sight; that is, say some, his flesh doth consume so fast, that a man may almost see him consume; as we say of some plants, they grow so fast, that we may, almost, see them grow; so we may say of those that decline and fade much, we may see them consume, their flesh consumeth even to the eye or to view. He that looks steadfastly upon them, may see them fade and wither like a flower, yea they seem to fade by his looking or fixing his eye on them.
1There is yet a fourth reading, which further aggravates the sick mans consumption; His flesh is consumed in sight; that is, say some, his flesh doth consume so fast, that a man may almost see him consume; as we say of some plants, they grow so fast, that we may, almost, see them grow; so we may say of those that decline and fade much, we may see them consume, their flesh consumeth even to the eye or to view. He that lookes stedfastly upon them, may see them fade and wither like a flower, yea they seeme to fade by his looking or fixing his eye on them.
- 1Quid si carnem consume à visu, per elegantom hyperbelen esset, tam manifestè indies marc•ssere, ut quasi ab ipso respicientis oculo consumi videatur. Bold:Quid si carnem consum• à visu, per elegantom hyperbelen esset, tam manifestè indies marc•ssere, ut quasi ab ipso respicientis oculo consumi videatur. Bold:
Hence note.