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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.
Some give the sense by the effect of fire,1 My Maker would soon burn or consume me. The word in the Hebrew signifieth to burn, as well as to take away, and we know the burning of a thing is the taking of it quite away; fire makes clean riddance. And again Fire or flame riseth up (as a thing that is taken up) into the air, and that which is burned in the fire may be said to be taken up with it. Thus also 'tis translated (2 Sam: 5.20, 21.) David came unto Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, &c. and there they left their Images, and David and his men burnt them; we put in the margin, and David and his men took them away; which is the translation here in Job. Either of the readings is clear and full to the purpose; God hath fire, he hath hell-fire unquenchable for sinners, their maker can quickly consume and burn them up. (Isa: 27.4.) Who would set the briars and thorns in battle against me, I would pass through them and burn them up together. How quickly can the Lord burn wicked men, who like briars and thorns scratch and tear the innocent? wicked men can no more stand before the wrath of God, then briars and thorns can stand before a flaming fire. That's a good reading; ours comes to the same sense, my Maker would soon take me away.
Some give the sence by the effect of fire,1 My Maker would soone burne or consume me. The word in the Hebrew signifieth to burne, as well as to take away, and we know the burning of a thing is the taking of it quite away; fire makes cleane riddance. And againe Fire or flame riseth up (as a thing that is taken up) into the aire, and that which is burned in the fire may be sayd to be taken up with it. Thus also 'tis translated (2 Sam: 5.20, 21.) David came unto Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, &c. and there they left their Images, and David and his men burnt them; we put in the margin, and David and his men tooke them away; which is the translation here in Job. Either of the readings is cleare and full to the purpose; God hath fire, he hath hell-fire unquenchable for sinners, their maker can quickly consume and burne them up. (Isa: 27.4.) Who would set the briars and thorns in battell against me, I would passe through them and burne them up together. How quickly can the Lord burne wicked men, who like briars and thorns scratch and teare the innocent? wicked men can no more stand before the wrath of God, then briars and thorns can stand before a flaming fire. That's a good reading; ours comes to the same sence, my Maker would soone take me away.