A35535:1849
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
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Vers. 28. He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Vers. 28. He will deliver his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
There is a two-fold reading of this 28th verse, as was showed in opening the former. For whereas that 27th verse is understood by some as the humble confession of the sick man recovered, and so read in this form; He looketh upon men and saith, I have sinned ⟨p. 457⟩and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; then, this 28th verse is rendered to make up that sense, as a thankful acknowledgement of his recovery, He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life seeth the light. Thus, as we had his confession of repentance in the verse fore-going, I have sinned, 1&c. so here we have his confession of praise and thankfulness; He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit. Mr Broughton translates to this sense; He saved my soul from going into the pit, that my life doth see the light. Thus the sick man being restored breaks out into thanksgiving; The Lord in mercy hath freed me from death, hell, and the grave; I need not fear Satan's accusations; my body enjoys the light of the world, and my soul the light of Gods countenance shining upon me, which is better then life. But because our own reading is clear in the original text, and holds out the scope of the context fully enough, therefore I shall prosecute that only.
There is a two-fold reading of this 28th verse, as was shewed in opening the former. For whereas that 27th verse is understood by some as the humble confession of the sick man recovered, and so read in this forme; He looketh upon men and saith, I have sinned ⟨p. 457⟩and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; then, this 28th verse is rendred to make up that sence, as a thankfull acknowledgement of his recovery, He hath delivered my soule from going into the pit, and my life seeth the light. Thus, as we had his confession of repentance in the verse fore-going, I have sinned,