A35537:1802
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 9-11
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.
Vers. 9. Out of the South cometh the Whirlwind, &c.
The word which we render the South, properly signifieth a Chamber, an inner Room, or secret place,1 a Chamber within a Chamber, which is the most private, retiring Room or Chamber. Gen. 43.30. Judg. 16.9. 2 Sam. 13.10. 1 Kings 20.30. Cant. 3.4. We say, Out of the South, &c. And the Reason why the South is expressed by that word which signifieth a secret Chamber, is, because the South Pole is situate or placed in the ⟨p. 488⟩most secret part of the World,2 as to them who inhabit Northern Climates; they who live nearest the North Pole, are farthest removed from the South. And as the same word in the Hebrew Tongue signifieth the South and an inner Chamber, so at the 9th Chapter of this Book (vers. 9.) we read of the Chambers of the South. The Septuagint •ender, He bringeth the Wind, or Whirlwind, out of his Cellar. Cellars or Store-hou•es being secret places, and removed out of sight, for the keeping of Goods and Wares that are laid up there; and it is elegantly expressed, that Winds come out of Store-houses, as if God did lay them up, till he hath occasion to draw them forth, and use them.
The word which we render the South, properly signifieth a Chamber, an inner Room, or secret place,