A35538:1884
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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That this Interjection, ha, ha, imports joy and exultation,1 all agree; and it may note, not only that inward joy with which the horse is affected at the sound of the trumpet, but also that outward expression which he makes of it by neighing, which may not improperly be called his ha, ha; the sound which we hear in the air, when a horse neigheth, symbolizing much with this Interjection, ha, ha, spoken by a man. And all men know (who know any thing of the qualities or customs of gallant horses) that it is usual with them to neigh when they are much pleased, and are upon a near attainment of their desire, or the enjoyment of their pleasures. Comparing the latter part of the former verse, according to the second exposition of our Translation, with this,
That this Interjection, ha, ha, imports joy and exultation,1 all agree; and it may note, not only that inward joy with which the horse is affected at the sound of the trumpet, but also that outward expression which he makes of it by neighing, which may not improperly be called his ha, ha; the sound which we hear in the air, when a horse neigheth, symbolizing much with this Interjection, ha, ha, spoken by a man. And all men know (who know any thing of the qualities or customs of gallant horses) that it is usual with them to neigh when they are much pleased, and are upon a neer attainment of their desire, or the injoyment of their pleasures. Comparing the latter part of the former verse, according to the second exposition of our Translation, with this,
- 1Emittit exultationis vocem. Aquin. Alacritèr se ad pugnam parat. Scult. Ad lituos hilarem intrepidumque tubarum prospiciebat Equum. Statius l. 11. Theb.
Observe; Assurance of what we would have, breeds extreme joy and triumph in his spirit that would have it.