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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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Secondly, Because he is the Glory and Honour of his people. Thus the Seventy translate that (Num. 23.22.) he hath (as it were) the glory of an Unicorn. As Jesus Christ is called a light to lighten the Gentiles, so the glory of his people Israel (Luke 2.32.)
Secondly, Because he is the Glory and Honour of his people. Thus the Seventy translate that (Num. 23.22.) he hath (as it were) the glory of an Ʋnicorn. As Jesus Christ is called a light to lighten the Gentiles, so the glory of his people Israel (Luke 2.32.)
Thirdly, Jesus Christ is an horn of salvation to his people, as he is (like the horn of an Unicorn, according to report, against bodily poison) the most Sovereign, yea, the only antidote against the poison of sin, and the infection of the world (2 Pet. 1.4.) By him we escape the corruption that is in the world, through lust, that is, believing in him, we are preserved from those poisonous lusts, which corrupt and infect this world.
Thirdly, Jesus Christ is an horn of salvation to his people, as he is (like the horn of an Unicorn, according to report, against bodily poyson) the most Soveraign, yea, the only antidote against the poison of sin, and the infection of the world (2 Pet. 1.4.) By him we escape the corruption that is in the world, through lust, that is, believing in him, we are preserved from those poisonous lusts, which corrupt and infect this world.