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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 27-28
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1Secondly, The original word signifies to diminish, or lessen, or make a thing small, so 'tis rendered (Exod. 5.8.) when the children of Israel complained that they were oppressed in making brick. This commandment came from Pharaoh, The tale of bricks which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them, you shall not diminish ought of it. It is this word. Again (Deut. 4.2.) Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it. Man must not make the word of God smaller or greater than it is. 'Tis high presumption to use either subtraction from, or addition to the word of God. Thus also the word is used in the case of second or double marriages (Exod. 21.10.) If he take him another wife, her food (that is the food of the first wife) her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish.
1Secondly, The original word signifies to diminish, or lessen, or make a thing small, so 'tis rendred (Exod. 5.8.) when the children of Israel complained that they were oppressed in making brick. This commandement came from Pharaoh, The tale of bricks which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them, you shall not diminish ought of it. It is this word. Again (Deut. 4.2.) Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it. Man must not make the word of God smaller or greater than it is. 'Tis high presumption to use either subtraction from, or addition to the word of God. Thus also the word is used in the case of second or double marriages (Exod. 21.10.) If he take him another wife, her food (that is the food of the first wife) her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish.
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