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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.
The first of these is a natural mighty man, he hath a mighty arm, a strong body, or he excels in bodily strength. The second is a marshal mighty man, a soldier, a man of war. The third is the Magistratical mighty man, he is clothed with power both to punish and reward: Possibly he may have no bodily might, yea, possibly he is no soldier, yet a man of such power he is, that he commands whole Nations. Now take the word Mighty in any of these three senses, and it is a truth, the mighty shall be taken away, the mighty in strength of the Arm, the mighty in strength of Armies, the mighty in power and dignity, are by the hand of the Almighty God taken away.
The first of these is a natural mighty man, he hath a mighty arme, a strong body, or he excells in bodily strength. The second is a marshall mighty man, a souldier, a man of warre. The third is the Magistratical mighty man, he is cloathed with power both to punish and reward: Possibly he may have no bodily might, yea, possibly he is no souldier, yet a man of such power he is, that he commands whole Nations. Now take the word Mighty in any of these three senses, and it is a truth, the mighty shall be taken away, the mighty in strength of the Arme, the mighty in strength of Armyes, the mighty in power and dignity, are by the hand of the Almighty God taken away.
They shall take them away (saith the Hebrew text) that is,1 say some (according to the first translation mentioned) the people shall violently take away the mighty. But by an usual Hebraism we may read it Impersonally, the mighty shall be taken away, concealing or leaving it to be understood by whom. Like that speech to the rich man (Luke 12.25.) This night do they require thy soul of thee, (so we put in the Margin) that is, (as the text hath it) this night thy soul shall be required of thee, they shall take thy soul, that is, it shall be taken away; so here they shall take away the mighty, that is, the mighty shall be taken away or removed. We may take notice of a two-fold remove or taking away.