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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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But I rather take the words, as we translate them, comparatively; Who teacheth us more than the beast of the earth: As if he had said, God teacheth the beast somewhat, but he teacheth man much more.
1They who expound this context of the wicked man, who oppresseth the poor, give the sense thus; God teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven; that is, he teacheth us that we should not like beasts, vex, tear and rend one the other, that we should not like the Bear of of the Wood, and the Lyon of the Forrest, nor like the Vultures and ravenous Birds of the air, ••ey one upon another; They who are fierce against, and unmerciful to their brethren, degenerate into beasts, whom God hath taught no better, but left them to live by rapine and spoil: Whereas he hath laid more noble principles into the heart of man, and taught him to be kind & charitable, loving, and compassionate, not to devour and vex those of his kind, how much soever inferior and below him in degree. And therefore what a shame is it for men to be more oppressive and cruel to men like themselves, than beasts are to beasts, or fowls to fowls? This is a truth: yet I conceive the context is rather to be understood of the oppressed, (as hath been touched before) than of the oppressor, and therefore our reading runs most clearly; Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth.
1They who expound this context of the wicked man, who oppresseth the poor, give the sense thus; God teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven; that is, he teacheth us that we should not like beasts, vex, tear and rend one the other, that we should not like the Bear of of the Wood, and the Lyon of the Forrest, nor like the Vultures and ravenous Birds of the air, ••ey one upon another; They who are fierce against, and unmerciful to their brethren, degenerate into beasts, whom God hath taught no better, but left them to live by rapine and spoyle: Whereas he hath laid more noble principles into the heart of man, and taught him to be kind & charitable, loving, and compassionate, not to devoure and vex those of his kind, how much soever inferior and below him in degree. And therefore what a shame is it for men to be more oppressive and cruel to men like themselves, than beasts are to beasts, or fowls to fowls? This is a truth: yet I conceive the context is rather to be understood of the oppressed, (as hath been touched before) than of the oppressor, and therefore our reading runs most clearly; Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth.