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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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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 ⟨p. 57⟩they make the oppressed to cry.
They cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
They cry out by reason of the arme of the mighty.
These words point us expressly to the cause of their cry, or out-cry; it was the arm of the mighty; which may be taken either properly, or figuratively. Properly, the Arm is a well known and most useful member of the body: And because there is a great deal of strength and power in the arm, therefore by a figure, the arm signifieth strength, might, or power; and to say, they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty, is as much as to say, they cry out by reason of the power of the mighty.