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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.
1One of the Jewish Doctors warns us to consider that the word which we rende• a Looking-Glass, may be taken for a look, or for the appearance •f a thing: As if •e had said, The Heavens are not only strong, but clear, Looking like, or being, o look on, like a thing that is mol••n. Glass is a diaphanous splendid body, we may see through i•, or see the representation of objects in it. Thus th• Heavens are strong as steel, and clear as a molten Looking-Glass.
1One of the J•wish Doct••s wa•ns us to consider that the word which we rende• a Looking-Glasse, may be taken for a look, or for the appearance •f a thing: As if •e had said, The Heavens are not only strong, but cleare, L oking like, or being, o look on, like a thing that is mol••n. Glasse is a diaphanous splendid body, we may see through i•, or see the representation of objects in it. Thus th• Heavens are strong as steele, and cleare as a molten Looking-Glasse.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Est videre; inde vijus & sp culum. R•b: Kimhi in lib: rad:〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Est videre; inde vijus & sp culum. R•b: Kimhi in lib: rad: