A35535:1594
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.
There are three distinct interpretations which run quite through this verse, and they arise from a different apprehension about the antecedent in this pronoun [He] then he is gracious unto him. He; who is that? All the Popish interpreters refer it to the Guardian-Angel sent to attend on this sick man; Then he (the Angel) will be gracious, and he will say, deliver him. But as I then laid by that opinion that the messenger was an Angel properly taken, so I shall not stay upon that which is a consequent of it, here.
There are three distinct interpretations which run quite through this verse, and they arise from a different apprehension about the antecedent in this pronoune [He] then he is gracious unto him. He; who is that? All the Popish interpreters refer it to the Guardian-Angel sent to attend on this sick man; Then he (the Angel) will be gracious, and he will say, deliver him. But as I then layd by that opinion that the messenger was an Angel properly taken, so I shall not stay upon that which is a consequent of it, here.
Secondly, Several of our Protestant interpreters refer this he, to the Messenger or Interpreter, to the Prophet or any spiritually wise and holy man, sent of God to assist and help the sick man in his distress. Some are so positive in this opinion, that they deny the text any other reference;1 This is to be understood of the Messenger (saith one) and not of God. And I grant 'tis suitable to the business of the messenger who comes to comfort and instruct the sick man, that he should pity and compassionate him in that disconsolate condition, and likewise pray for him, according to the tenor of these words in the text, or to the same effect; O Lord God, be gracious to him, and deliver him, let him not go down to the pit, for the ransom sake which I have found. As if Elihu had said; When that faithful messenger shall have declared the benefits and grace of God to the afflicted man, then pitying his afflicted soul, he shall pray for him; O God deliver him from death and condemnation, from the pit, and from destruction, for I have found and showed him a ransom, by which his soul may be delivered, and his sins pardoned.