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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.
Vers. 15. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to his dust.
As if he had said, As soon as ever the spirit is gathered, the flesh is consumed, or, as we render, perisheth.
All flesh, may be taken in the largest sense, not only for all men that live, but for all living creatures: Thus largely Moses extendeth it, (Gen. 6.17.) Behold, saith the Lord, I will bring a flood of water to destroy all flesh; that is, all the Beasts of the earth, and Fowls of the air, together with Mankind, except a few of each in the Ark: so (Psal. 136.25.) Who giveth food to all flesh, (that is, to man and beast) for his mercy endureth for ever. Yet some understand this first part more narrowly, for all flesh except man; because he addeth in the latter part of the verse, and man shall return again to his dust: But I conceive we are to take all flesh here for all men, and only for men, it being usual in Scripture to put the same thing twice, under different expressions. So then
All flesh, may be taken in the largest sence, not only for all men that live, but for all living creatures: Thus largely Moses extendeth it, (