A35538:1894
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The thunder of the Captains and the shouting.
This is music to him. Here are two other antecedents of a battle, which the horse takes notice of.
This is musick to him. Here are two other antecedents of a battle, which the horse takes notice of.
First, The thunder of the Captains or Princes; that is, of the great Commanders and Generals of the field; who when they give out the word, they give it with a loud voice, they thunder it out. 'Tis no time to whisper when armies are ready to join battle; and therefore Commanders lift up their voices like trumpets, or like thunder out of the clouds, that the Soldiers may hear them. And when Captains or Generals give exhortation to the Soldiers, they thunder out arguments to encourage them, and fire their spirits to the battle. The horse doth as it were hear this thunder; oh! it pleases him when the military oration is made, and the Captain-general gives order for the battle.
First, The thunder of the Captains or Princes; that is, of the great Commanders and Generals of the field; who when they give out the word, they give it with a loud voice, they thunder it out. 'Tis no time to whisper when armies are ready to joyn battle; and therefore Commanders lift up their voices like trumpets, or like thunder out of the clouds, that the Souldiers may hear them. And when Captains or Generals give exhortation to the Souldiers, they thunder out arguments to encourage them, and fire their spirits to the battle. The horse doth as it were hear this thunder; oh! it pleases him when the military oration is made, and the Captain-general gives order for the battle.