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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 19-21
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The Grasshopper is a weak and frightful creature, he is soon scared, and quickly flies away. The word rendered a Grasshopper, signifies a multitude, because they usually go by multitudes (Prov. 30.27.) The Locusts have no King, yet go they forth all of them by bands; they go, as it were, an Army of them together. The Latin word Locusta, is from an ill effect of Locusts or Grasshoppers, because they consume, and in a manner, burn up every green thing in the places where they come. Hence that allusive prohibition (Rev. 9.4.) There came out of the smoke Locusts; and it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any Tree, &c. Now, though the Scripture compares these creatures to a great Army (Joel 2.25.) because they go out in great companies, and do a great deal of mischief: And though (Rev. 9.7.) The shapes of the Locusts (there spoken of) were like unto horses prepared unto battle, that is, completely armed; yet the Locusts are but a weak kind of Warriors, they are quickly scared, they are fearful creatures. Canst thou make the Horse afraid like the Grasshopper? When the Lord saith, Canst thou make him afraid like the Grasshopper, his meaning is, The Horse is of so stout a spirit, that he will not only not be afraid like the Grasshopper, but no more afraid than a Lion. So then, I conclude this part of the verse contains not a similitude, but a dissimilitude between the horse and the Grasshopper; not a likeness between the horse and the Grasshopper in nimbleness, but their unlikeness in fearfulness. Canst thou make him Afraid?
The Grashopper is a weak and frightful creature, he is soon scared, and quickly flies away. The word rendred a Grashopper, signifies a multitude, because they usually go by multitudes (Prov. 30.27.) The Locusts have no King, yet go they forth all of them by bands; they go, as it were, an Army of them together. The Latine word Locusta, is from an ill effect of Locusts or Grashoppers, because they consume, and in a manner, burn up every green thing in the places where they come. Hence that allusive prohibition (