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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 38 › Verse 7
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1A second sort of Interpreters expound the whole verse of the Angels, and not of the Stars properly at all; they suppose the morning Stars to be Angels in a figure, and the Sons of God to be Angels in the letter: and so expound the whole verse of the Angels, as if the words were a description only of that joy which the Angels of Heaven only expressed, when they saw God beginning the Work of Creation, or laying the foundations of the Earth.
- 1Hieronymus. Gregorius. Bede.Hieronymus. Gregorius. Beda.
The third sort of Interpreters divide the sense, expounding the first part of the verse properly for the Stars, those studs of light, with which the Heavens are adorned, which (in their kind) are brought in singing at the Creation of the Earth; and by the Sons of God in the latter part of the verse, they understand the Angels, those spiritual substances, who are the Native Inhabitants of Heaven; they especially are represented shouting for joy, when that work was begun.
The third sort of Interpreters divide the sense, expounding the first part of the verse properly for the Stars, those studs of light, with which the Heavens are adorned, wh•ch (in their kind) are brought in singing at the Creation of the Earth; and by the Sons of God in the latter part of the verse, they understand the Angels, those spiritual substances, who are the Native Inhabitants of Heaven; they especially are represented shouting for joy, when that work was begun.
I cannot adhere to the first sort of Interpreters, giving all to the Stars, nor to the second, giving all to the Angels (though that hath many learned Authors, who press it hard) but following the middle way, shall take the former part of this verse, for the Stars of Heaven; and the latter, for the Angels in Heaven.