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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
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.
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. 1The arm is frequently in Scripture put for power; the powerful wrath of •od is called the arm of God. The Prophet (Isa. 30.30.) speaks of the lighting down of his arm. When the Lord lets his arm fall, o• light down upon a man, a family, or a Nation, in wrath, it crusheth either or all of them to pieces. And as the powerful wrath, so the powerful grace of God is called his arm, (Isa. 53.1.) Who hath believed our report? to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? That is, his mighty power, working by and manifesting it self in Christ, and in the ministry of the Gospel, for the conviction, conversion, and salvation of sinners. Thus also the arm of man, is the power of man, (Dan. 11.6.) She shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: That is, his power shall fall, or both he and she (Bernice and Antiochus Theus) shall fall and be powerless. (Psal. 37.16.) The arm of the wicked (that is, their power) shall be broken, but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. They cry out by reason of the arm Of the mighty.
These words poynt us expresly to the cause of their cry, or out-cry; it was the arme of the mighty; which may be taken either properly, or figuratively. Properly, the Arme is a well known and most usefull member of the body: And because there is a great deal of strength and power in the arme, therefore by a figure, the arme signifieth strength, might, or power; and to say, they cry out by reason of the arme of the mighty, is as much as to say, they cry out by reason of the power of the mighty.