An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 26-29

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We might well enough conceive, that when it is said she dwells on the rock, that she dwells on the strong place, for the rock is a strong place; yet the Holy Ghost is pleased to set it out distinctly,¹ On the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. Master Broughton translates it, On a fortress; she dwells on the rock, as on her Castle or Tower. The word signifies any place of defence, and Grammarians tell us, it comes from, or hath near cognation with, a word that signifies to hunt or pursue the game; and the reason given for it, is, because when persons are pursued in war or troubled in peace (as weaker birds by birds of prey) they have their recourse to strong places for refuge and safety. The Eagle needs a strong place, for she hath enemies, and therefore is taught to fortify her self, or to get into strong places for he• security against them. From all these expressions, that the Eagle dwelleth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and strong place,

We might well enough conceive, that when it is said she dwells on the rock, that she dwells on the strong place, for the rock is a strong place; yet the Holy Ghost is pleased to set it out distinctly,¹ On the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. Master Broughton translates it, On a fortress; she dwells on the rock, as on her Castle or Tower. The word signifies any place of defence, and Grammarians tell us, it comes from, or hath near cognation with, a word that signifies to hunt or pursue the game; and the reason given for it, is, because when persons are pursued in war or troubled in peace (as weaker birds by birds of prey) they have their recourse to strong places for refuge and safety. The Eagle needs a strong place, for she hath enemies, and therefore is taught to fortifie her self, or to get into strong places for he• security against them. From all these expressions, that the Eagle dwelleth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and strong place,

1[Greek or Hebrew] Aux propugnaculum munit•o cognationem habet cum verbo [Greek or Hebrew] quod venari est Hebraeis. Moller. in

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 39, verse 26-29, p. 483. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Author

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

Printer

M. and S. Simmons

Year

1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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4,426

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