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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 18-20
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Here the danger is expressed. If the Lord be angry, he can soon take thee away with a stroke, he can remove, yea hurry thee away out of all thy present joys and enjoyments, to everlasting sorrows. The word imports a violent remove. The stroke here spoken of is like that (Chap. 24.26.) He striketh them as wicked men, 1in the open sight of others; that is, he shames them as well as punisheth them; as he strikes them with his hand to their confusion, so he strikes or claps his own hands together in derision, as 'tis said (Chap. 27.23.) Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place; we may take it in both these significations; Lest he take thee away with a stroke; that is, lest he strike thee so as to make an utter end of thee, or lest he take thee away with derision, clapping his hands at thee, and pouring contempt upon thee. Have we not reason to beware of that wrath, which in either sense can take us away with his stroke? Yet I conceive a third sense may be given of these words, Lest he take thee away with his stroke, that is, lest he take thee away suddenly, even as suddenly as a st•oke can be given.
Here the danger is exprest. If the Lord be angry, he can soon take thee away with a stroke, he can remove, yea hurry thee away out of all thy present joys and enjoyments, to everlasting sorrows. The word imports a violent remove. The stroke here spoken of is like that (Chap. 24.26.) He striketh them as wicked men, 1in the open sight of others; that is, he shames them as well as punisheth them; as he strikes them with his hand to their confusion, so he strikes or claps his own hands together in dirision, as 'tis said (Chap. 27.23.) Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place; we may take it in both these significations; Lest he take thee away with a stroke; that is, lest he strike thee so as to make an utter end of thee, or lest he take thee away with derision, clapping his hands at thee, and pouring contempt upon thee. Have we not reason to beware of that wrath, which in either sense can take us away with his stroke? Yet I conceive a third sense may be given of these words, Lest he take thee away with his stroke, that is, lest he take thee away suddenly, even as suddenly as a st•oke can be given.