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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
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.
Elihu having urged two arguments to make Job beware of wrath, first, because nothing could ransom him, God regards not riches, no not gold; secondly, because nothing could rescue him, all the forces of strength could not defend him against, nor fetch him out from under the hand of God; Elihu (I say) having dispatched these two arguments, he in the 20th verse gives a further, and that a third argument to move Job to take heed of wrath, because, as he could neither be ransomed nor rescued, so neither could he be hid or sheltered from the wrath of God. That is the general sense of the next verse.
Elihu having urged two arguments to make Job beware of wrath, first, because nothing could ransom him, God regards not riches, no not gold; secondly, because nothing could rescue him, all the forces of strength could not defend him against, nor fetch him out from under the hand of God; Elihu (I say) having dispatched these two arguments, he in the 20th verse gives a further, and that a third argument to move Job to take heed of wrath, because, as he could neither be ransomed nor rescued, so neither could he be hid or sheltred from the wrath of God. That is the general sense of the next verse.
Vers. 20. Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
The root of that word which we render desire, signifies a very earnest breathing and longing after a thing, as conceiving and believing the enjoyment thereof would be an exceeding comfort and refreshment to us.1 So 'tis used in the seventh Chapter of this book at the second verse; as the servant earnestly desireth the shadow, &c. When a labourer is hot and sweltered almost (as we say) at his work in the Sun, how earnestly doth he desire the shadow! We say (in the Margin of that place) he gapeth after the shadow. A man, when he is hot, gapes to suck in fresh air. Such an intendment and force there is in this word, desire not, long not for, gape not after the night,