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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 34-38
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That manner of speech here we are or behold us, is a description of the most ready obedience, either of Soldiers to their General, or of Servants to their Master. Will the lightnings obey thee thus, and say, here we are? Some expound these words, as supposed to be spoken by the lightnings, upon their return from some former service given them in charge by God, as having dispatched what they were sent for, and were ready to go again. Hence the Latin translator gives it thus;1 That they being returned (or after their return) should say unto thee with reverence, here we are. 1. Ready to go whithersoever thou wilt ⟨p. 262⟩send us. 2. Ready to do whatsoever thou wilt enjoin us. As if the Lord had said; Canst thou send forth the lightnings, and will they return to thee, and say, we have done thy commands, and here we are again to receive fresh commands, or new orders from thee? Surely, as the rain will not thus obey thee, so neither will the lightnings, neither the one nor the other will be thy servants, to go of thy errand, or execute thy will.
That manner of speech here we are or behold us, is a description of the most ready obedience, either of Souldiers to their General, or of Servants to their Master. Will the lightnings obey thee thus, and say, here we are? Some expound these words, as supposed to be spoken by the lightnings, upon their return from some former service given them in charge by God, as having dispatcht what they were sent for, and were ready to go again. Hence the Latine translator gives it thus;1 That they being returned (or after their return) should say unto thee with reverence, here we are. 1. Ready to go whithersoever thou wilt ⟨p. 262⟩send us. 2. Ready to do whatsoever thou wilt enjoyn us. As if the Lord had said; Canst thou send forth the lightnings, and will they return to thee, and say, we have done thy commands, and here we are again to receive fresh commands, or new orders from thee? Surely, as the rain will not thus obey thee, so neither will the lightnings, neither the one nor the other will be thy servants, to go of thy errand, or execute thy will.