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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.
Secondly, There is a removing or taking of a man out of the world; Thus they are taken away whose persons are destroyed, cut off, and perish. The mighty, both ways or either way are often taken away. The persons of many mighty men have fallen, and many more of them have fallen from their places and powers. Here they are under a general threatening, They shall be taken away. But how shall they be taken away? the text answers without hand.
Secondly, There is a removing or taking of a man out of the world; Thus they are taken away whose persons are destroyed, cut off, and perish. The mighty, both wayes or either way are often taken away. The persons of many mighty men have fallen, and many more of them have fallen from their places and powers. Here they are under a generall threatning, They shall be taken away. But how shall they be taken away? the text answers without hand.
It is somewhat strange that they who are mighty, and have such power in their hand, should be taken away, and no hand touch them, or without hand. We use to say of a thing strangely gone, or gone we know not how, It cannot be gone without hands; yet thus the Lord deals judicially with the mighty of the world; They shall be taken away without hand. There may be a threefold understanding of that expression.
It is somewhat strange that they who are mighty, and have such power in their hand, should be taken away, and no hand touch them, or without hand. We use to say of a thing strangely gone, or gone we know not how, It cannot be gone without hands; yet thus the Lord deales judicially with the mighty of the world; They shall be taken away without hand. There may be a threefold understanding of that expression.
First, Thus; The mighty shall be taken away without hand; that is, they shall have no hands to help them, or they shall be destitute of all humane help. Sometimes God leaves or strips the mighty naked, they who have had great power, and many thousands standing up to defend them,