An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 5-8

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The word which we translate Driver, signifies an Oppressor; so 'tis rendered (Job 3.18.) It signifies also an Exactor. ¹The seventy translate, He regardeth not the hasty call or citation of the gatherer of Taxes or of Tribute. There are two sorts of Exactors; ⟨p. 340⟩First,² those that exact Tribute; Secondly, those who exact Labour. Now he that drives cattle, urgeth them to work both by hand and tongue, and so exacts labour of them. Hence the word is used to express the Task-masters of the Israelites in Egypt (Exod. 5.6.) who indeed exacted labour of them, and made them serve with rigour. From these Oppressors, with the Exactors of labour, the wild Ass is free; he is at such liberty, that he regards not the cry of the driver, Exactor or Oppressor; nor will he be brought to work by fair means nor by foul. As that was a proverbial speech to show the tranquility of those times (Isa. 14.8.) Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us; So this seems to be a proverbial speech, showing the liberty of the wild Ass at all times, He regardeth not the crying of the Driver.

The word which we translate Driver, signifies an Oppressor; so 'tis rendred (Job 3.18.) It signifies also an Exactor. ¹The seventy translate, He regardeth not the hasty call or citation of the gatherer of Taxes or of Tribute. There are two sorts of Exactors; ⟨p. 340⟩First,² those that exact Tribute; Secondly, those who exact Labour. Now he that drives cattel, urgeth them to work both by hand and tongue, and so exacts labour of them. Hence the word is used to express the Task-masters of the Israelites in Egypt (

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