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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 24-25
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.
We take the other translation, Which men behold; which, with respect to that which followeth (v: 25.) where both expressions ⟨p. 353⟩refer to the eye, is, I conceive, most proper. Magnify the work of God, which men behold; As if Elihu had said, O Job, I advise thee to leave off searching into the secrets of God, and set thy self to consider and magnify those works of God which are plain and lye open to every mans eye.
We take the other translation, Which men behold; which, with respect to that which followeth (v: 25.) where both expressions ⟨p. 353⟩refer to the eye, is, I conceive, most proper. Magnifie the work of God, which men behold; As if Elihu had said, O Job, I advise thee to leave off searching into the secrets of God, and set thy self to consider and magnifie those works of God which are plain and lye open to every mans eye.
The word rendered Behold, may note, both a transient, and an intense or sixth beholding, to look wishly as we say, to look fastening the eye solicitously, yea, it imports, not only to behold with the eye of the body, but with the eye of the mind.
The word rendred Behold, may note, both a transient, and an intense or fixt beholding, to look wishly as we say, to look fastning the eye solicitously, yea, it imports, not only to behold with the eye of the body, but with the eye of the mind.
Some Interpreters put an Emphasis upon the word men, 1