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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 1-3
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Thirdly, The Lord answered in a Whirlwind; that is, while Job, both as to his outward condition and inward disposition, or the frame of his spirit, was evidently in a great storm or toss. For doubtless, his spirit was very stormy and tossed up and down at that time, that is, much troubled and disquieted, upon the with-drawings of God, and the unkindness of his friends. Now when Job had this Storm, this Whirlwind in his spirit, the Lord appeared and answered him. Thus some conceive it, though not a Visional Whirlwind, yet a Metaphorical Whirlwind in those three senses opened. But
Thirdly, The Lord answered in a Whirlwind; that is, while Job, both as to his outward condition and inward disposition, or the frame of his spirit, was evidently in a great storm or toss. For doubtless, his spirit was very stormy and tossed up and down at that time, that is, much troubled and disquieted, upon the with-drawings of God, and the unkindness of his friends. Now when Job had this Sto•m, this Whirlwind in his spirit, the Lord appeared and answered him. Thus some conceive it, though not a Visional Whirlwind, yet a Metaphorical Whirlwind in those three senses opened. But
Thirdly, (with others) I take the Whirlwind here in proper sense, that is, for such a Whirlwind as is often heard and felt, sounding, blustering, and making great disturbance in the air, blowing up Trees by the roots, and overthrowing Houses to the very foundation.1 One of the Rabbins calls it a dark cloud; several of the Moderns express it by a rainy or watery cloud, out of which issued that dreadful Storm, called a Whirlwind. Doubtless, some sudden extraordinary Wind, exceeding the constant order and common course of Nature, gathered the clouds at that time. Thus God at once hid the glory of his Majesty, and testified it (much after the same manner as he did at the promulgation of the Law upon Mount Sinai) when he answered Job out of the Whirlwind.
Thirdly, (with others) I take the Whirlwind here in proper sense, that is, for such a Whilwind as is often heard and felt, sounding, blustering, and making great disturbance in the ayre, blowing up Trees by the roots, and overthrowing Houses to the very foundation.