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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 31-33
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What's that? Some Interpreters conceive,1 that by Mazzaroth we are to understand those Constellations which Astronomers call the twelve Signs of the Zodiac, which are expressed for learning sake, by the fancied names of living creatures; so that according to this interpretation, the Suns appearance in, or passage through those monthly signs, is the bringing forth of Mazzaroth in his season. But most generally they are taken for the Southern Stars, and thought to be the same with those (Chap. 9.9.) Called the Chambers of the South; and seeing the other three are named there, it is not improbable that under this word the fourth is intended. Master Broughton calls them, far Stars in the South: The letter of the Hebrew imports that; and the Seventy derive it from a root, •hat signifies to separate or disperse, because those Stars are far separated, or are at a great distance from us, who lye under the Northern Pole. Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? that is, canst thou make that Constellation appear in its proper time? thou canst not. Hence take these brief Notes.
What's that? Some Interpreters conceive,1 that by Mazzaroth we are to understand those Constellations which Astronomers call the twelve Signes of the Zodiack, which are expressed for learning sake, by the fancied names of living creatures; so that according to this interpretation, the Suns appearance in, or passage through those monthly signs, is the bringing forth of Mazzaroth in his season. But most generally they are taken for the Southern Stars, and thought to be the same with those (Chap. 9.9.) Called the Chambers of the South; and seeing the other three are named there, it is not improbable that under this word the fourth is intended. Master Broughton calls them, far Stars in the South: The letter of the Hebrew imports that; and the Seventy derive it from a root, •hat signifies to separate or disperse, because those Stars are far separated, or are at a great distance from us, who lye under the Northern Pole. Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? that is, canst thou make that Constellation appear in its proper time? thou canst not. Hence take these brief Notes.
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