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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The Plough makes Furrows,1 and Furrows laid together make Ridges: Both are expressed (Psal. 65.10.) Thou waterest the Ridges thereof abundantly, thou settlest the Furrows thereof. Canst thou bind the Unicorn with his band in the Furrow?
The Plough makes Furrows,1 and Furrows laid together make Ridges: Both are expressed (Psal. 65.10.) Thou waterest the Ridges thereof abundantly, thou setlest the Furrows thereof. Canst thou bind the Vnicorn with his band in the Furrow?
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] porca, terra inter duos sulcos clata porcam appellant, vel quòd frumenta porriga•, vel quòd aquam porro arceat. Drus. Sulcus, porca, & lira, sunt arationis partes.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 porca, terra inter duos sulcos clata porcam appellant, vel quòd frumenta porriga•, vel quòd aquam porro arceat. Drus. Sulcus, porca, & lira, sunt arationis partes.
Or will he Harrow the Valleys after thee?
When the Plough hath laid the Furrows, harrowing followeth. The Plough leaveth the clods too gross for the reception and growth of the seed; therefore the Harrow is employed to break the Ploughed ground yet more, and to crumble the clods yet finer. We find both these parts of Husbandry set down (