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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 35 › Verses 9-13
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That is, the oppressed do not only complain a little, but are forced to open lamentations; the load upon them is so heavy, that they cannot contain, they cry; yea as the next clause hath it, they cry out, as a woman in travel, when her pains come upon her.
That is, the oppressed do not only complain a little, but are forced to open lamentations; the load upon them is so heavy, that they cannot contain, they cry; yea as the next clause hath it, they cry out, as a woman in travel, when her paines come upon her.
They make the oppressed to cry.
They make them cry upon a double Consideration; First, because of the misery which they feel, and are burdened with; Secondly, for the mercy which they desire, expect, and think long a-coming; men cry for ease, for help, for assistance, for deliverance: we may suppose the oppressed ones in the Text crying in all these respects; the burden was so heavy upon them, that it made them cry out for the very weight of it, and they cried and called for some charitable, or tender heart, to come and ease them of it, and deliver them from it. Elihu doth not rest in speaking this once, but repeats it again; By reason of the multitude of oppressions ⟨p. 57⟩they make the oppressed to cry.
They make them cry upon a double Consideration; First, because of the misery which they feel, and are burdened with; Secondly, for the mercy which they desire, expect, and think long a-coming; men cry for ease, for help, for assistance, for deliverance: we may suppose the oppressed ones in the Text crying in all these respects; the burden was so heavy upon them, that it made them cry out for the very weight of it, and they cryed and called for some charitable, or tender heart, to come and ease them of it, and deliver them from it. Elihu doth not rest in speaking this once, but repeats it again; By reason of the multitude of oppressions