A35537:1760
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 6-8
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.
First, we have that effect which respects man; Vers. 7. He sealeth up the hand of every man.
He, That is, God, Sealeth up the hand;
Sealing, in Scripture, hath a threefold signification.
1First, It notes the hiding of a thing, or the keeping of it secret and close; that which is sealed, is also concealed (Isa. 8.16.) Bind up the Testimony, seal the Law among my disciples. There is a time wherein God commands the Law to be sealed, and the Testimony to be bound up, and that is a very sad time; for though there are ⟨p. 477⟩various apprehensions about the meaning of this command given the Prophet, yet the most probable intendment of it is, that God would not have him lose any more time in dealing with those faithless and profane scoffers of his message, but reserve those sacred mysteries, as secrets, to be communicated only to the faithful, who would with due reverence and faith religiously receive them. Seal the Law among, or for my disciples, that is, such as desire to learn, or have been taught and learned of me, and by learning are become spiritually skilful and learned, as the word is rendered (