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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.
Secondly, In that it is said, He scorns the multitude of the City,
Note; No society, no company pleaseth, but that which is suitable.
Note; No society, no company pleaseth, but that which is sutable.
What cares the wild Ass for the company of men? he had rather be among the wild Asses, than among the best and wisest men. Bad men, who are like wild beasts, scorn the company of good men; and it is as true of good men, that they have no joy in the company of bad men, yea, they are often burdened with ⟨p. 341⟩their company. The content of our lives doth very much consist in our harmony with, and congeniality to those whom the are engaged to converse with.
Thirdly, Take the word in the other sense, as noting the abundance or plenty that is in the City, the wild Ass had rather be in his barren Land than there.