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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
From the former part of the verse,
When 'tis said, He laughs at, or scorns the multitude of the City. Taking the word City, as opposed to the wilderness or barren Land,
Note; Cities as they are full of company, so they are accompanied with all manner of outward plenty and fullness.
Note; Cities as they are full of company, so they are accompanied with all manner of outward plenty and fulness.
If good things are to be had any where for love or money, it is in Cities; and therefore they who dwell in great Cities, where there is such a multitude of people, and abundance of all things, should remember their privilege; 'tis a mercy they are not in a wilderness, or in a barren Land.
If good things are to be had any where for love or money, it is in Cities; and therefore they who dwell in great Cities, where there is such a multitude of people, and abundance of all things, should remember their priviledge; 'tis a mercy they are not in a wilderness, or in a barren Land.