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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.
Our bones are not made of brass, sickness will diminish them, and pain master them.
Our bones are not made of brasse, sickness will diminish them, and pain master them.
Secondly, Whereas 'tis said, His flesh (that was seen) is not seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out, or are seen.
Observe.
Sickness makes a wonderful change in man.
Sicknesse makes a wonderfull change in man.
It puts that out of sight which was seen, and it brings that in sight which was not seen; This holds true, not only as to that which is natural in man, his flesh and bones, of which this text treats in the letter; but 'tis true also as to that which is moral and spiritual in man, his virtues and his vices, his graces, and his lusts or corruptions. How often is the flesh (in a moral sense) that