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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 37 › Verses 17-18
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.
Some •ead these words as an en••• ••nrence, Which is strong as a molten Lo•king-Glass. So Mr Broughton, Couldst thou make a Firmament with him of the ••ir, settled as Glass molten? We put it disti•c•• in two parts, which is strong, a•d as a molten Looking-Glass. 1Some of the old Poets u•ed a like Epithet concerning Heaven, they called i•, The Brazen Heaven. What the Lord threatens as a judicial affliction (Deut. 28.23.) The Heaven that is over thine head shall be B ass, that Heaven resembles in its natural constitution, 'tis like B•asse, o• like a molten Looking-Glass, by reason of its shining brightness. That which we commonly call Glass, or a Looking-Glass is molten: of which we read (Exod 38.8.) M•ses made the Brazen Laver of the Looking-Glasses of the Women. The godly women among the Jews made a bet use of they Looking-Glasses, than to dress themselves by, they offered them to the service o God in the Tabernacle.
Some •ead these words as an en••• ••nrence, Which is strong as a m•lten Lo•king-Glasse. So Mr Broughton, Couldst thou make a Firmament with him of the ••ir, setled as Glasse molten? We put it disti•c•• in two parts, which is strong, ad as a molten Looking-Glasse.