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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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Now though according to this allegorical interpretation of the Texts in St. Matthew and Luke, Christ is the carcass, and believers the Eagles; yet I shall close my interpretation of th•s Text in Job, to which both the Evangelists allude, by showing that in other Scriptures, such things are spoken of Christ himself, as hold out a likeness between him and the Eagle, in many respe••s
Now though according to this allegorical interpretation of the Texts in St. Matthew and Luke, Christ is the carcass, and believers the Eagles; yet I shall close my interpretation of th•s Text in Job, to which both the Evangelists allude, by shewing that in other Scriptures, such things are spoken of Christ himsel•, as hold out a likeness between him and the Eagle, in many respe••s
First, As the Eagle is the royal bird, the Princess or Queen ⟨p. 490⟩of birds, so Jesus Christ is the Prince of the Kings of the earth (Rev. 1.5.) And again (Rev. 19.16.) King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. As the Eagle among birds, so Christ among both men and Angels, hath the preeminence.
First, As the Eagle is the royal bird, the Princess or Queen ⟨p. 490⟩of birds, so Jesus Christ is the Prince of the Kings of the earth (Rev. 1.5.) And again (