A35535:1900
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.
These things worketh God twice or thrice.
1And remember, it is but twice or thrice; which speech though it may be well rendered (as we say) oftentimes, yet it is not very often; once is no number, twice is the least number, and thrice is but a ⟨p. 465⟩small number, two or three witnesses are the least number of witnesses that can be admitted in any business. That, the Lord will do this, twice or thrice proves that he will do it several times, men shall have means, and frequent means, but twice or thrice, may not be very often, much less always, there is a stint, and a determinate number in the breast of God; and that we might not expect to have his patience lengthened out always to us, 'tis put into the smallest numbers, All these things worketh God twice or thrice, with man.
1And remember, it is but twice or thrice; which speech though it may be well rendred (as we say) oftentimes, yet it is not very often; once is no number, twice is the least number, and thrice is but a ⟨p. 465⟩small number, two or three witnesses are the least number of witnesses that can be admitted in any business. That, the Lord will doe this, twice or thrice proves that he will doe it severall times, men shall have meanes, and frequent meanes, but twice or thrice, may not be very often, much lesse alwayes, there is a stint, and a determinate number in the breast of God; and that we might not expect to have his patience lengthned out alwayes to us, 'tis put into the smallest numbers, All these things worketh God twice or thrice, with man.
- 1Tiibus vicibus, i. e. multoties, sed utitur numero ternorio, ut congruat humanae consuetudini, per quam solent homines ter moneri vel citari. Aquin: