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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 16-18
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.
This latter part of the verse is of the same importance with the former. The springs of the sea, and the search of the depth, have little, if any, difference, and walking follows upon entering; therefore the Lord having said, Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? saith, Hast thou walked, &c.
This latter part of the verse is of the same importance with the former. The springs of the sea, and the search of the depth, have little, if any, difference, and walking follows upon entring; therefore the Lord having said, Hast thou entred into the springs of the sea? saith, Hast thou walked, &c.
But more distinctly, what is the search and what the depth? The depth, is the sea, where 'tis deepest, so deep that no bottom can be found by sounding. The word rendered here search, notes the last o• utmost of any thing, and so the deepest of the depth, which possibly may be called the search of the depth, because how much or how long soever it is searched for, it cannot be found out. Mr. Broughton renders it, The border of the sea; the Vulgar Latin, The last or utmost of the depth. Hast thou walked there? We walk on dry land and in pleasant fields:1 Some artificial parts of the earth are by way of eminence called walks, because they are purposely fitted by art to walk in. But who can walk in the searches of the depth? Are there any under-water-walks?
But more distinctly, what is the search and what the depth? The depth, is the sea, where 'tis deepest, so deep that no bottom can be found by sounding. The word rendred here search, notes the last o• utmost of any thing, and so the deepest of the depth, which possibly may be called the search of the depth, because how much or how long soever it is searched for, it cannot be found out. Mr. Broughton renders it, The border of the sea; the Vulgar Latine, The last or utmost of the depth. Hast thou walked there? We walk on dry land and in pleasant fields: