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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.
Vers. 7. Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Vers. 7. Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavie upon thee.
Elihu had given Job much security already that he would deal fairly with him; and here he gives him a promise for it; As if he had said; I give thee my hand, I plight thee my truth, that my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 1The vulgar translation reads, my miracles (or what I will do in any strange and unusual way) shall not terrify thee. Indeed miracles have a kind of terror in them; But we need not put such a strain upon the Text. The word which we translate terror, signifies that which is most terrible and dreadful to man, even the Magistrates throne,2 the presence of great Princes; of which Solomon saith (Pro: 20.28.) The King sitting upon the throne, scattereth all evil with his eyes; that is, with the terrible looks of Majesty which God hath stamped upon him. The Prophet (Jer: 50.38.) useth this word to express idols or false Gods by; and he c•lls them so either in a holy scorn; O these dumb idols which have eyes and see not, ears and hear not, feet and walk not, are doubtless very shrewd and terrible things, are ⟨p. 189⟩they not? have we not great reason to fear what these doughty Gods will say or do, who can neither say nor do any thing? Thus he might call them in a way of scorn: or he calls those Idols terrible things Jehim, from the event, because foolish, vain, ignorant men, did exceedingly fear them, or were much terrified by them, and God left them to their own fears and terrors, as he spake by the Prophet (Isa: 66.4.) I also will choose their delusions, and bring their fears upon them. As if he had said, Because they being vainly deluded, have chosen to fear that which was not to be feared, therefore I also will make this my choice to bring that upon them which they feared, and hoped to avoid by following and worshipping Idols, or by their Idolatrous worship. Now whereas Job was afraid of the terror of the true God, Elihu, who presented himself in Gods stead, tells him, my terror shall not make thee afraid. And we may well conceive, that Elihu spake this ironically concerning himself; for having said before, I am but a piece of clay, surely then my terror cannot make thee afraid. What terribleness is there in a piece of clay,