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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 36 › Verse 7
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.
Elihu proceeds to show the happiness of the righteous yet further; The Lord doth not only advance them, but establish them; nor doth he only establish them for a while, but even perpetuateth their establishment, He establisheth them for ever. 1The word is, He makes them sit. We render fully to the sense, He establisheth them. The Lord sets them up on high, and then settles them on high. Some get on high, but they cannot keep on high, they find no establishment there; but God can establish For ever.
Elihu proceeds to shew the happiness of the righteous yet further; The Lord doth not only advance them, but establish them; nor doth he only establish them for a while, but even perpetuateth their establishment, He establisheth them for ever. 1The word is, He makes them sit. We render fully to the sense, He establisheth them. The Lord sets them up on high, and then settles them on high. Some get on high, but they cannot keep on high, they find no establishment there; but God can establish For ever.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] a radice [Greek or Hebrew] sedere, & in hac conjugation, sedere fecit.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a radice 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 sedere, & in hac conjugatione, sedere fecit.
The for ever of this world is a long time. The Lord saith of Zion, (Psal. 132.14.) Here will I dwell for ever, that is, long. Thus in the text, He will establish them for ever, that is, they shall have long establishment. And if we take it as to their exaltation in the other world, there God will establish them to the utmost latitude of for ever, that is, to eternity. The Septuagint translate,