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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
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.
Yet because the word Reem is every where in Scripture rendered by our Translators (as also by many others of great authority) Unicorn; I shall leave that matter of difference to the ⟨p. 358⟩Readers judgement, and do that reverence to our Translation, as to open the Text distinctly, in all that is here said by the Lord concerning the Reem, under that name or title, Unicorn.
Yet because the word Reem is every where in Scripture rendred by our Translators (as also by many others of great authority) Vnicorn; I shall leave that matter of difference to the ⟨p. 358⟩Readers judgement, and do that reverence to our Translation, as to open the Text distinctly, in all that is here said by the Lord concerning the Reem, under that name or title, Vnicorn.
Will the Unicorn be willing to serve thee?
Will the Vnicorn be willing to serve thee?
In these words, the Lord presents man, as it were, inviting, wooing, hiring the Unicorn to serve him. But when he hath used all his skill and cunning, when he hath done his best and worst too, that is, used all manner of means, the Unicorn will not by any means be wrought upon, to come under mans yoke, or do his work. Will the Unicorn Be willing to serve thee?
In these words, the Lord presents man, as it were, inviting, wooing, hiring the Unicorn to serve him. But when he hath used all his skill and cunning, when he hath done his best and worst too, that is, used all manner of means, the Unicorn will not by any means be wrought upon, to come under mans yoak, or do his work. Will the Vnicorn Be willing to serve thee?