An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 9-12

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Having thus opened the several properties of this creature, here called the Unicorn, properly taken, and given out some meditations upon them, it will not be (I conceive) either unuseful or unacceptable to the Reader, if for the conclusion of the whole matter in hand, I show how the holy Scriptures, together with some of the Ancients, make use of this creature, tropically, or in a figure, to resemble and represent,

Having thus opened the several properties of this creature, here called the Vnicorn, properly taken, and given out some meditations upon them, it will not be (I conceive) either unuseful or unacceptable to the Reader, if for the conclusion of the whole matter in hand, I shew how the holy Scriptures, together with some of the Ancients, make use of this creature, tropically, or in a figure, to resemble and represent,

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First, The state of the Church and people of God. Thus Moses reports Balaam shadowing the power and blessedness of Israel, when he came and was hired to curse them (Numb. 23.22.) God (saith he) brought them (that is, the children of Israel) out of Egypt; he hath, as it were, the strength of an Unicorn. Most expound the word, He, collectively, concerning that whole people, as one body; He, that is, Israel, hath as it were, the strength of an Unicorn; that is, he is exceeding strong. Some expound it of God: He, that is, God, who brought them out of Egypt, the mighty God of Jacob, hath as it were, the strength of an Unicorn. God is indeed infinitely strong, stronger than the Unicorn. That which is most eminent in any creature, or for which any creature is most eminent, the Scripture often ascribes in a way of super-eminency unto God. The Lord hath strength like the strongest; and how strong soever he is, he is strong for his Israel, yea, he is the strength of his Israel. So that if we take the word in this latter sense, it reaches the same thing, setting forth the power and strength of Israel, by the strength of the Unicorn; for the Lord, who is their strength, will make them strong like Unicorns. Balaam spake thus again (

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 39, verse 9-12, p. 381. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

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1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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