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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 5-8
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Secondly, He may be said to scorn the multitude of the City, because though a multitude should come out of a City to take him, yea, as great a multitude as a City can make, yet he is not afraid, for he knows he can show them a fair pair of heels, and by his swiftness of foot keep out of their hands, and maintain his liberty.
Secondly, He may be said to scorn the multitude of the City, because though a multitude should come out of a City to take him, yea, as great a multitude as a City can make, yet he is not afraid, for he knows he can shew them a fair pair of heels, and by his swiftness of foot keep out of their hands, and maintain his liberty.
Farther, The words translated, The multitude of the City, 1may be rendered, The abundance or plenty of the City. If there be abundance any where, it is in Cities; and therefore heaven is called a City, because of the great abundance of all good there, and all in God. Thus the word is rendered (Psal. 37.16.) A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked; that is, than all their large sums of money, of gold and silver, as also, than their large inheritances of houses and Lands. The word may bear that sense in the Text, and 'tis a good sense; the wild Ass scorns the abundance of the City, he can content himself with the barren Land; he cares not though he fare hard, so he may live free from hard labour; he scorneth, both the multitude and plenty of the City; Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Farther, The words translated, The multitude of the City, 1may be rendred, The abundance or plenty of the City. If there be abundance any where, it is in Cities; and therefore heaven is called a City, because of the great abundance of all good there, and all in God. Thus the word is rendred (