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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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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.
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 recarded 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.
Taking these words in the first notion, as an encouragement to Job, or as comforting words (which I conceive to be a good sense)
Observe; God is ready to revive poor and afflicted souls when they are in any distress.