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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.
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,1 have not a hand for them, and so are taken away without hand, no man drawing a sword or striking a stroke for them.
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 helpe. Sometimes God leaves or strips the mighty naked, they who have had great power, and many thousands standing up to defend them,1 have not a hand for them, and so are taken away without hand, no man drawing a sword or striking a stroake for them.
- 1Frequenter manus pro ministerio, sed frequentissime pro op• et auxilio ponitur, Pin:
Secondly, To do a thing without hand, is to do it with the smallest appearance of second causes or instruments. We are ready to say, there must be a great deal of tugging to get the mighty down, who like Oaks are strongly rooted and highly grown, who look like mountains, which cannot be removed, yet (saith Elihu) the Lord can take them away without hand; that is, easily, without any trouble at all, little means or very improbable means being used to effect it. So then to do a thing without hand, is to do it as if we put no hand no stress to it when we do it. As they who move swiftly or lightly are said to go without setting a foot on the ground (Dan: 8.5.) the He-Goat came and touched not the ground, he did rather fly then go. So to do a thing, as if we did not put a hand to it, is to do it with the greatest ease imaginable.