A35537:1685
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 3-5
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'Tis questioned, who are meant by them, He will not stay them; 1Some understand the rain and showers, which usually follow upon, or after a great thunder; and we commonly call them thunder showers. Others understand the Lightning and the Thunder; as if he had said, When Gods purpose is declared that there shall be lightning and thunder, he will not stay them, or take them by the heel, as the word properly signifieth: whence Jacob had his name, because when Esau was coming into the world, Jacob took him by the heel, as if he would have stayed or stopped his birth, at least have got into the world before him; and therefore Esau said (Gen. 27.36.) Is he n•t rightly called Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times. Which some render according to the letter of the Text, My brother may well be called an Heeler, for he hath heeled me these two times. In this sense the Lord will not stay the birth and breaking forth of these terrible twins, Thunder and Lightning. Lastly, learned Junius refers them to the Lightnings only, rendering, He doth not defer them, when his voice is to be heard; which he thus expounds, He sends lightning before, foretelling thunder will follow. But I conceive the former exposition more clear, which refers this not staying, or he will not stay, both to thunder and lightning, in consort or together.
'Tis question'd, who are meant by them, He will not stay them; 1Some understand the raine and showers, which usually follow upon, or after a great thunder; and we commonly call them thunder showers. Others understand the Lightning and the Thunder; as if he had said, When Gods purpose is declared that there shall be lightning and thunder, he will not stay them, or take them by the heele, as the word properly signifieth: whence Jacob had his name, because when Esau was coming into the world, Jacob took him by the heele, as if he would have stayed or stopped his birth, at least have got into the world before him; and therefore Esau said (Gen. 27.36.) Is he n•t rightly called Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times. Which some render according to the letter of the Text, My brother may well be called an Heeler, for he hath heeled me these two times. In this sense the Lord will not stay the birth and breaking forth of these terrible twins, Thunder and Lightning. Lastly, learned Junius referrs them to the Lightnings only, rendring, He doth not defer them, when his voyce is to be heard; which he thus expounds, He sends lightning before, foretelling thunder will follow. But I conceive the former exposition more cleare, which refers this not staying, or he will not stay, both to thunder and lightning, in consort or together.