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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 22-23
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Thirdly, others thus, Which I have prohibited or stayed, 1retained, detained, or with-held; so the word is used (Gen. 20.6.) I also with-held thee from sinning against me, said God to Abimelech. Such things as we prepare and store up for some special use we detain, stop or with-hold from all other uses, till our occasions call for that. Thus we may say here, the Lord having as it were stored up snow and hail in his great Magazine or Arsenal, he there detains and reserves them for the uses he hath appointed them unto, that is, as it followeth in the Text, Against the time of trouble.
Thirdly, others thus, Which I have prohibited or stayed, 1retained, detained, or with-held; so the word is used (Gen. 20.6.) I also with-held thee from sinning against me, said God to Abimelech. Such things as we prepare and store up for some special use we detain, stop or with-hold from all other uses, till our occasions call for that. Thus we may say here, the Lord having as it were stored up snow and hail in his great Magazin or Arcinal, he there detains and reserves them for the uses he hath appointed them unto, that is, as it followeth in the Text, Against the time of trouble.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Per sin sinistrum prohibere significat. Merc.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Per sin sinistrum prohibere significat. Merc.
The Word in the Hebrew here translated time, 1notes a special season of time, that which we commonly call opportunity, rather than time in general, or as it is a space of so many hours, days or years. David (