An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

There is yet another reading of the place, thus, He sealeth up every man with strength. The word which we translate hand. h•y translate strength, and refer it to God; he with strength, or by ⟨p. 479⟩his mighty power shuts up every man. The word hand may be rendered strength, because by the hand men act violently and put forth their strength. And God may be said to show his strength in •o so•t and fluid a thing as snow and rain, that thereby he may give proof, how easily, or with how small a matter in appearance, h• can stop any man from his work and purpose. There is a truth in this •eading, but I rather take the words as they stand in our translation, not as noting the hand or power of God sealing men, but •ods sealing the hands of men, putting them off from or besides their labour. Thus by Snow and Rain he sealeth or shutteth up the hand of every man; and why so? the reason is given in the next words, That all men might know his work.

There is yet another reading of the place, thus, He sealeth up every man with strength. The word which we translate hand. h•y translate strength, and refer it to God; he with streng h, or by ⟨p. 479⟩his mighty power shuts up every man. The word hand may be rendred strength, because by the hand men act violen•ly and put forth their strength. And God may be said to shew his strength in •o so•t and fluid a thing as snow and rain, that thereby he may give proof, how easily, or with how small a matter in appearance, h• can stop any man from his work and purpose. There is a truth in this •eading, but I rather take the words as they stand in our translation, not as noting the hand or power of God sealing men, but ods sealing the hands of men, putting them off from or besides their labour. Thus by Snow and Rain he sealeth or shutteth up the hand of every man; and why so? the reason is given in the next words, That all men might know his work.