A35535:2663
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.
The Text is, a moment they die; Not, that they shall die but a ⟨p. 639⟩moment, or be only for a moment dead, but they shall die before a moment is over; there is an Ellipsis of the preposition [Beth,] in the Hebrew, which we supply in our Translation, In a moment they shall die: A moment is the least particle or parcel of time; we cannot imagine any thing shorter then a moment, 'tis the very point of time, (Psal. 30.5.) His anger endureth for a moment, (saith David, when he would show how very short (comparatively) the anger of God towards his people is) but in his favour is life: Thus Solomon (Prov. 2.19.) He that speaketh truth, his tongue shall be established; but a lying tongue is for a moment: A lye cannot last long; he that speaks truth, what he speaks to day, is good to morrow, and to morrow, and will be good for ever; but a lying tongue is for a moment; that is, his lies will be discovered, and usually they are quickly discovered; though he live long to tell lies, or doth nothing but tell lies as long as he liveth, yet his lies are not long lived. Job describing the joy of the hypocrite (chap. 20.5.) saith, It is but for a moment; like a fire of thorns, a blaze and gone: when the Apostle would strengthen and encourage the hearts of believers against all the troubles and sorrows of this present life, he calls them, (2 Cor. 4.17.) First, light, Secondly, short; Our light afflictions that are but for a moment, work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. And that we might know how quick the devil was at his work with Christ, the Scripture saith (Luke 4.5.) He showed him all the Kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. As to show the instantaneousness of our change from death to life in the resurrection, it is said, (1 Cor. 15.52.) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last Trump, we shall be changed: So to show the extreme suddenness of these mens change from life to death, it is said here, In a moment They shall die.