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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 38 › Verse 1-3
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Lastly, This girding up of the loins hath (as some conceive) a spiritual intendment in it, noting the mortification of lust, or of the sensual appetite. They that go about any business for God, or with God, had need to have their lusts subdued. Gird up thy loins Like a ma•.
That is, like a mighty man, a Giant, emphatically, as a man, with manly courage and activity; show thy self what a man thou a•t, let me see what thou canst do, thou hast heretofore braved it, and even challenged me, and desired that thou mightest come to the battle; O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat (chap. 23.3.) Now then, Gird up thy loins like a man, show thy strength, I mean to enter the list with thee, I have taken up the glove, as it were, and am resolved to try it out with thee. Gird up thy loins like a man, Do not play the child, do not trifle with me, do not think that I come to trifle with thee.
That is, like a mighty man, a Giant, emphatically, as a man, with manly courage and activity; shew thy self what a man thou a•t, let me see what thou canst do, thou hast heretofore braved it, and even challenged me, and desired that thou mightest come to the battel; O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat (chap. 23.3.) Now then, Gird up thy loins like a man, shew thy strength, I mean to enter the list with thee, I have taken up the glove, as it were, and am resolved to try it out with thee. Gird up thy loins like a man, Do not play the child, do not trisle with me, do not think that I come to trifle with thee.
Some carry the opposition thus: Gird up thy loins like a man, not like a woman, who girds her self often for ornament only, and sometimes for ostentation; but like a man, that resolves to go about his work, and make a business of it; Thus, Gird up thy loins like a man. To do a thing strenuously and with expedition, is the work of a man, who is neither retarded by difficulty, not tired with labour, nor frighted with danger; therefore the Lord counsels Job to gird up his loins like as men do, when they set themselves about or undertake any great business; he would not have him do it, as tender weak women, or as effeminate men.