A35537:1764
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.
Secondly, the word importeth sometimes, to finish or complete a thing. When a Writing is perfected then we seal it, when a Letter is made up we seal it; to that purpose the word is used (Dan. 9.24.) Where the Prophet speaking of Christs coming in the flesh, and what he should then do, saith, He shall finish transgression, that is, he shall complete, by the sacrifice of himself, all the sacrifices for transgression. Christ had no hand in any transgression, as to the doing of it, but in this sense he finished all transgression; that is, he finished the sacrifices of atonement for transgression, that so our transgressions might not be charged upon us. Further, that word, as there used, may very well bear the first ⟨p. 478⟩sense of sealing; He shall seal transgression, that is, he shall cover or hide our transgressions, for that is the effect of the Mediatorship of Jesus Christ.
Secondly, the word importeth sometimes, to finish or compleat a thing. When a Writing is perfected then we seal it, when a Letter is made up we seal it; to that purpose the word is used (Dan. 9.24.) Where the Prophet speaking of Christs coming in the flesh, and what he should then do, saith, He shall finish transgression, that is, he shall compleat, by the sacrifice of himself, all the sacrifices for transgression. Christ had no hand in any transgression, as to the doing of it, but in this sence he finished all transgression; that is, he finished the sacrifices of atonement for transgression, that so our transgressions might not be charged upon us. Further, that word, as there used, may very well bear the first ⟨p. 478⟩sence of sealing; He shall seal transgression, that is, he shall cover or hide our transgressions, for that is the effect of the Mediatorship of Jesus Christ.
Thirdly, To seal a thing is (in common sense) to confirm it (