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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 9-12
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The Lord still enquires after Jobs skill and knowledge in the book of the creatures. In the former context, Job was interrogated about the wild Ass, whose freedom was there set out, in opposition to the servitude of the home-bred, or tame Ass. Here the Lord puts the question about the Unicorn, and sets forth his liberty, in opposition to the servile labour of the Ox.
THe Lord still enquires after Jobs skill and knowledge in the book of the creatures. In the former context, Job was interrogated about the wild Ass, whose freedom was there set out, in opposition to the servitude of the home-bred, or tame Ass. Here the Lord puts the question about the Unicorn, and sets forth his liberty, in opposition to the servile labour of the Ox.
Vers. 9. Will the Unicorn be willing to serve thee? or abide by thy crib?
Vers. 9. Will the Ʋnicorn be willing to serve thee? or abide by thy crib?
The Unicorns liberty is here described, first, more generally, in two things.