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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 39-41
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The Lion is the strongest among beasts, yet he cannot always range in the fields and hunt for prey, he must come to his den, and keep house there. 'Tis so with men, how strong soever they have been, yet old age necessitates them at last to keep house and home. All must submit to time, and yield to those infirmities, which old age inevitably bring upon us. Time is called,1 The eater of things; 'Tis so also of persons, that great eater will eat out the strength of the eater himself, that is, the Lion, as Sampson called him in his riddle proposed to the Philistines (Judg. 14.14.) Time reduceth our strength to weakness, our life to death. Time confines us first to our chambers, then to our beds, and then to our graves. The Lion must give over his hunting and couch in his den.
- 1Tempus e•a• rerum.
Secondly, Taking the Lion as politicly abiding in covert, and waiting for his prey;
Secondly, Taking the Lion as politickly abiding in covert, and waiting for his prey;
Observe, As the Lord gives much strength, so much craft to some creatures.