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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.
1'Tis but one word in the Hebrew which we translate, hold thy peace, and it signifieth properly to dig or plough the ground, and by a metaphor to think of, or to meditate, because thoughts go deep in the soul, a man doth, as it were, plough up his own spirit, while he is meditating or thinking seriously (Pro: 3.29.) Devise not evil, or (it is this word) plough not up evil; that's a bad soil indeed, to be ploughing up. They that plough evil, shall sow the wind, and (except they repent) reap the whirlwind. The prophet exhorting Ephraim to break up their fallow ground and sow in righteousness, that they might reap mercy (Hos: 10.12.) reproves them (v. 13.) for a very unprofitable piece of husbandry, by this word, Ye have ploughed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity, ye have eaten the fruit of lies, that is, ye have plotted, devised, and contrived wicked things, and ye have fared accordingly. Now as the word signifieth to meditate, by a metaphor, from digging or ploughing; so by the figure antiphrasis or contrary speaking, ⟨p. 477⟩it signifies to forbear doing or speaking, to sit still, or as we render it here, to hold our peace, and say nothing. (Isa: 41.1.) Keep silence before me; O Islands. (Psal: 50.3.) Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; that is, he will speak aloud. Elihu bespeaks Job in the affirmative, hold thy peace, be silent.
1'Tis but one word in the Hebrew which we translate, hold thy peace, and it signifieth properly to dig or plow the ground, and by a metaphor to thinke of, or to meditate, because thoughts goe deep in the soule, a man doth, as it were, plow up his own spirit, while he is meditating or thinking seriously (Pro: 3.29.) Devise not evill, or (it is this word) plow not up evill; that's a bad soyle indeed, to be plowing up. They that plow evill, shall sow the wind, and (except they repent) reape the whirlewind. The prophet exhorting Ephraim to break up their fallow ground and sow in righteousness, that they might reap mercy (Hos: 10.12.) reproves them (v. 13.) for a very unprofitable piece of husbandry, by this word, Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity, ye have eaten the fruit of lyes, that is, ye have plotted, devised, and contrived wicked things, and ye have fared accordingly. Now as the word signifieth to meditate, by a metaphor, from digging or plowing; so by the figure antiphrasis or contrary speaking,