A35535:1879
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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Here's the application of the former Doctrine; Elihu presseth his hearers with it, and bids them lay it to heart; As if he had said, I have not been speaking of things in the clouds, but of what is really and daily acted among the children of men. Lo (or behold) all these things. There are four special significations in Scripture of this word, Lo, or behold, and they may all four meet in this place.
Here's the application of the former Doctrine; Elihu presseth his hearers with it, and bids them lay it to heart; As if he had sayd, I have not been speaking of things in the clouds, but of what is really and dayly acted among the children of men. Lo (or behold) all these things. There are foure speciall significations in Scripture of this word, Lo, or behold, and they may all foure meete in this place.
First, It imports some new unheard-of and wonderful thing (Isa: 7.14.) Lo, or behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son: That a virgin should bring forth a son, is a wonder of wonders, a wonder so much above the course and power of Nature, so much beyond the compass & comprehension of reason, that men and Angels have reason to be astonished at it.
First, It imports some new unheard-of and wonderfull thing (Isa: 7.14.) Lo, or behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son: That a virgin should bring forth a son, is a wonder of wonders, a wonder so much above the course and power of Nature, so much beyond the compasse & comprehension of reason, that men and Angels have reason to be astonished at it.
Secondly, 'Tis prefixed, to show some extraordinary impulse or readiness of spirit for action. Thus Christ speaketh in that ⟨p. 461⟩