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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 39 › Verse 1-4
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1. For his swiftness and speediness in coming to the relief and help of his Church (Cant. 28.9.) Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, and skipping upon the hills; my beloved is like a Roe, or young Hart, or Hind, 'tis the same word. His leaping and skipping notes 1. His cheerfulness. 2. His speediness in coming. The mountains and hills upon which he leaps and skips, note the great obstacles and difficulties, which stand in his way when he comes to help his Church, his beloved Spouse. Again (Cant. 8.13.) Be thou like the young Roe, or young Hart upon the mountains of spices: The Church describes the gracious hast which she desires Jesus Christ would make to help, comfort, and relieve her, by the speedy running of the young Hart.
1. For his swiftness and speediness in coming to the relief and help of his Church (Cant. 28.9.) Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, and skipping upon the hills; my beloved is like a Roe, or young Hart, or Hind, 'tis the same word. His leaping and skipping notes 1. His chearfulness. 2. His speediness in coming. The mountains and hills upon which he leaps and skips, note the great obstacles and difficulties, which stand in his way when he comes to help his Church, his beloved Spouse. Again (Cant. 8.13.) Be thou like the young Roe, or young Hart upon the mountains of spices: The Church describes the gracious hast which she desires Jesus Christ would make to help, comfort, and relieve her, by the speedy running of the young Hart.
2. Jesus Christ is so compared with respect to his lovingness; that's the Epithet which Solomon gives the Hind (Prov. 5.19.) Let her (thy Wife) be as the loving Hind and pleasant R•e. Now as the Wise should be tendered by her Husband as a loving Hind, so Jesus Christ is like the Hind for his exceeding lovingness to his Spouse or Wife. Christ is so full of love, that he is called love it self. One of the Ancients speaking of Christ dying, said My Love was crucified.