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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 37 › Verses 1-2
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 word imports secret, silent meditation,1 as also an audible sound of voice or words spoken; and it may be applied particularly to that more gentle, quiet, or whispering sound of thunder, of which I shall have occasion to speak further at the 4th verse. Some Thunders speak very loud, others give a kind of gentle sound. Philosophy tells us, that this difference in thunder ariseth from the different constitution of the clouds in which it is bred, and through which it breaks. The greater may more properly be expressed by the words in the first part of this verse, The noise of his voice, and the lesser by these in the latter part,2 The sound that goeth out of his mouth.
The word imports secret, silent meditation,1 as also an audible sound of voice or words spoken; and it may be applyed particul•rly to that more gentle, quiet, or whispering sound of thunder, of which I shall have occasion to speak further at the 4th verse. Some Thunders speak very loud, others give a kind of gentle sound. Philosophy tells us, that this difference in thunder ariseth from the different constitution of the clouds in which it is bred, and through which it breaks. The greater may more properly be expressed by the words in the first part of this verse, The noise of his voice, and the lesser by these in the latter part,2 The sound that goeth out of his mouth.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Sermo meditaetus, proprie meditatio. Sermonem etiam significat ore prolatum.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Sermo meditaetus, proprie meditatio. Sermonem etiam significat ore prolatum.
- 2Tonitruorum unum genus est cujus fit grave murmur, aliud genus est acre, quod crepitum magis dixerim quam sonum, aliud frangor est subitus & vehemens quo edito concidunt homines, &c. Sen. l. 6. Nat. q. c. 27.