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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 32-33
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.
The whole text being accordingly expounded as an argument of Gods great favour to godly men; from whom, though he at any time hideth the light, yet, tis but for a time, he commands it to return again, and tells them as his friends, light is their possession, and that at last they shall ascend up into light.
There is a second Classis of Interpreters,1 who expound these two Verses wholly as a description of the Clouds meeting together and assaulting one another, like two great Champions and Warriors in battle. The learned Beza translates the first part of the 32d Verse conformably to the Vulgar Latin last spoken of, He hideth the light in either hand, or both hands; and the latter part of that Verse, together with the whole 33d Verse, in conformity to the sense now given; He gives it (namely the light or Lightening) command concerning that which meets or comes against ⟨p. 430⟩it (namely where and how to receive the force or charge of the other cloud that is ready to assault it) the noise, the strife, the anger of it against the ascender (or cloud coming up) plainly declareth this. Some of the Jewish Doctors insist much in the description of this conflict between the Clouds above, and the ascending Clouds, concerning which the reader may consult them for further information; but the difficulties of this translation noted by Modern Expounders, especially by Mercer and Merlin, are so many that it may suffice to name it.
There is a second Classis of Interpreters,1 who expound these two Verses wholly as a description of the Clouds meeting together and assaulting one another, like two great Champions and Warriors in battel. The learned Beza translates the first part of the 32d Verse conformably to the Vulgar Latine last spoken of, He hideth the light in either hand, or both hands; and the latter part of that Verse, together with the whole 33d Verse, in conformity to the sense now given; He gives it (namely the light or Lightening) command concerning that which meets or comes against