A35538:1873
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 22-25
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Thus of the second exposition of these words, Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the Trumpet. Yet some conceive, that though it be true, that generous and brave horses are not only not affrighted at the sound of the trumpet, but rather rejoice ⟨p. 456⟩(in their kind) at it, as is said expressly in the next verse; yet it cannot be conveniently said, that he hath so great a joy as to produce this dis-belief: For so to rejoice, as to be in a manner overcome with joy, & not to give credit to our eyes and ears, never happens, but as in extremely great and extraordinary joys, so in unaccustomed and unexpected joys, which surely cannot well be affirmed of that joy which horses are taken with at the sound of a trumpet, signalizing a battle to ensue.
Thus of the second exposition of these words, Neither b•l•eveth he that it is the sound of the Trumpet. Yet some conceive, that though it be true, that generous and brave horses are not only not affrighted at the sound of the trumpet, but rather rejoyce ⟨p. 456⟩(in their kind) at it, as is said expresly in the next verse; yet it cannot be conveniently said, that he hath so great a joy as to produce this dis-belief: For so to rejoyce, as to be in a manner overcome with joy, & not to give credit to our eyes and ears, never happens, but as in extreamly great and extraordinary joys, so in unaccustomed and unexpected joys, which surely cannot well be affirmed of that joy which horses are taken with at the sound of a trumpet, signalizing a battel to ensue.
And therefore (because it avoids this difficulty) I shall rather adhere to them, who render the words thus, Neither doth he stand still (or keep his ground) when the trumpet soundeth. 1So Mr. Broughton renders expressly; Neither stands he still when the sound of the trumpet is heard. This interpretation suits best with the scope of the place; nor doth the force of the Hebrew Verb oppose it: for the Adjective, which comes from the Participle of it, is often used to signify firm, stable, sure, durable; yea, and the Verb it self is often taken in that sense (