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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 26-29
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Some expound them of true believers gathering to Christ, as the carcass or body, every day by faith. One of the Ancients saith, when Christ being laid in the grave,1 was first resorted to by Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen, and Mary the Mother of our Lord, and by the Apostles, then were the Eagles gathered about the carcass: And ever since Christ arose from the dead, believers have gathered together about him, and fed upon him as crucified, or as that blessed carcass who procured life for them by his death; wheresoever Christ crucified is preached, thither true believers gather, and many who believe not are added to the Church.
Some expound them of true believers gathering to Christ, as the carcsse or body, every day by faith. One of the Ancients saith, when Christ being laid in the grave,1 was first resorted to by Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen, and Mary the Mother of our Lord, and by the Apostles, then were the Eagles gathered about the carcass: And ever since Christ arose from the dead, believers have gathered together about him, and fed upon him as crucified, or as that blessed carcass who procured life for them by his death; wheresoever Christ crucified is preached, thither true believers gather, and many who believe not are added to the Church.
- 1Euthymius. Theophilactus. Ambrosius.
Again, others expound it of the Saints gathering to Christ at the last day. Our late Annotators dealing with these words, as reported (Luk. 17.37.) say, that by the flight of the Eagle is signified the sudden assembling of the Saints unto Christ coming unto judgement, answerable to that of the Apostle, 1 Cor. 15.52