A35535:1853
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.
And his life shall see the light.1
- 1Videre lucem periphrasis est vitae; sicut è contrario tenebrae sunt symbolum mortis. Pined:
That is, he shall live to see the light; To see the light, is a circumlocution of life; As if it had been said, He shall recover out of his deadly sickness, and behold the light of the Sun, as living ⟨p. 458⟩men do. Thus David prayed (Psal: 56.13.) That he might walk before God in the light of the living. And thus the wicked man is threatened with eternal death (Psal: 49.19.) He shall go to the generation of his fathers, they shall never see light; That is, they shall never enjoy life, but be shut up in a perpetual night of death, or in the night of perpetual death.
That is, he shall live to see the light; To see the light, is a circumlocution of life; As if it had been sayd, He shall recover out of his deadly sickness, and behold the light of the Sun, as living ⟨p. 458⟩men doe. Thus David prayed (Psal: 56.13.) That he might walke before God in the light of the living. And thus the wicked man is threatned with eternall death (Psal: 49.19.) He shall goe to the generation of his fathers, they shall never see light; That is, they shall never enjoy life, but be shut up in a perpetuall night of death, or in the night of perpetuall death.
Secondly, When 'tis said, his life shall see the light, we may understand it, not only for a bare return to life, or that he shall live, but that he shall live comfortably and prosperously, he shall lead a happy life. To see the light, is to live and rejoice; light is pleasant, it is comfortable to behold the Sun, as Solomon speaks. To see light, comprehends all the comforts of this life, and of that to come, which is called, the inheritance of the Saints in light, (Col: 1.12.) For as darkness is put not only for death, but for all the troubles of this life, and the torments of the next; so light is put both for life, and for all the comforts of this and the next life. All the blessings of this temporal life, and the perfect blessedness of eternal life, are comprehended in light. So that when 'tis said, his life shall see the light, the sense riseth thus high; He shall be happy forever; so extensive is the favour of God to repenting persons, that time is too narrow for it; everlasting light shall be their portion. From the former branch of the words thus opened, He will deliver him from the pit.