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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 21-22
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By •his Meteor, the wind, the life of man is in a great measure maintained. For though it be a truth, that no man can live (as we say) by the air; yet it is as true, that no man can live without the air: Did not the Lungs inspire and expire, draw in and send our fresh air, man would soon be suffocated and dye; and 'tis most certain, that the heart, and blood, and whole body of man, are very much affected, according to the nature of the wind or air, in which they brea•h. Pliny tells us, that man may live without food seven days, but no man can live one hour, being wholly intercluded from wind •nd air. And hence the Latin word (anima) which signifies the s•ul, not only as to the substance of it, (which is immortal) but as to the subsistence of it in the body (in which respect 'tis mo tal, being no more than life, this word I say in the Latin) is supposed to come from that Greek word ([Greek or Hebrew]) ⟨p. 600⟩which properly signifieth the wind. The same notion of life may be collected from the Hebrew word Nephesh, which is indifferently translated, Soul, Life, Wind. And so the life of man is not only called wind (as Job called his, Chap: 7.7.) because of the frailty or speedy passing of it away; but because the continuance or abiding of it in the body, is by the taking in and sending out of wind.
By •his Meteor, the wind, the life of man is in a great measu•e maintained. For though it be a truth, that no man can live (as we say) by the air; yet it is as true, that no man can live without the air: Did not the Lungs inspire and expire, draw in and send our fresh air, man would soone be suffocated and dye; and 'tis most certain, that the heart, and blood, and whole body of man, are very much affected, according to the nature of the wind or air, in which they brea•h. Plinie tells us, that man may live without food seven dayes, but no man can live one houre, being wholy intercluded from wind •nd air. And hence the Latine word (anima) which signifies the s•ul, not only as to the substance of it, (which is immortal) but as to the subsistence of it in the body (in which respect 'tis mo tal, being no more than life, this word I say in the Latine) is supposed to come from that Greek word ()