Secondly, That word signifies so to find as to take hold and apprehend, to take fast hold of a thing; and then, O that I might find him; is, O that I might lay hold on him; if I knew where I might have him, I would lay fast hold on him, and cleave close to him. So the word is used (Isaiah 10.10.) As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the Idols, and whose graven Images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria. Thus spake the proud Assyrian, my hand hath found them; Why, the Kingdoms of the Heathen were not in a Corner, that he had need to search after them, he did not make a new discovery of those kingdoms, They were not, terra Incognita, an unknown or a new found land; that's not the meaning; but when he saith, my hand hath found them, the sense is, I have laid hold on them, and seized them to my own use, I have added ⟨p. 314⟩[…] ⟨p. 315⟩[…] ⟨p. 316⟩them to my own dominion, and brought them under my subjection. So in the 14 verse of that Chapter; My hand hath found as a Nest the riches of the people, that is, I have laid hold on their riches, and said all's mine; I have taken the whole nest with all the eggs, all their goods and treasures, into my custody and possession. Thus Job would find God that he might lay hold on him for his own or own him as his. Thus also the word is used (Psal. 21.8.) Thine hand shall find out all thine Enemies, thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. It is not meant only of a discovery of a person (though it be a truth, that the Lord will discover all that are his Enemies) but thine hand shall find them out, is, it shall take hold of them, grasp them, and arrest them. Thy hand shall find out all thine Enemies, though close, though Covert Enemies, not only thy above-ground Enemies, but thy under-ground Enemies, as well those that undermine thee, as those that assault thee. Once more, in the 116th Psal. ver. 3. we have an Illustration of this sense; The sorrows of death Compassed me, and the pains of hell gate hold upon me. The Hebrew text is, the pains of hell found me: the pain•s of hell, that is, the greatest, the extremest pains, gat hold upon me; they found me, that is, they seized upon me, and held me fast: a word of the same root is used in both parts of that text, that which we translate to get hold, is the same with that, I found trouble and sorrow, they found me and I found them;
Secondly, That word signifies so to finde as to take hold and apprehend, to take fast hold of a thing; and then, O that I might finde him; is, O that I might lay hold on him; if I knew where I might have him, I would lay fast hold on him, and cleave close to him. So the word is used (Esay 10.10.) As my hand hath found the kingdomes of the Idolls, and whose graven Images did excell them of Jerusalem and Samaria. Thus spake the proud Assyrian, my hand hath found them; Why, the Kingdomes of the Heathen were not in a Corner, that he had need to search after them, he did not make a new discovery of those kingdomes, They were not, terra Incognita, an unknowne or a new found land; that's not the meaning; but when he saith, my hand hath found them, the sence is, I have laid hold on them, and ceized them to my owne use, I have added ⟨p. 314⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 315⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 316⟩them to my owne dominion, and brought them under my subjection. So in the 14 verse of that Chapter; My hand hath found as a Nest the riches of the people, that is, I have laid hold on their riches, and said all's mine; I have taken the whole nest with all the eggs, all their goods and treasures, into my custody and possession. Thus Job would finde God that he might lay hold on him for his owne or owne him as his. Thus also the word is used (Psal. 21.8.) Thine hand shall finde out all thine Enemies, thy right hand shall finde out those that hate thee. It is not meant onely of a discovery of a person (though it be a truth, that the Lord will discover all that are his Enemies) but thine hand shall finde them out, is, it shall take hold of them, graspe them, and arrest them. Thy hand shall finde out all thine Enemies, though close, though Covert Enemies, not onely thy above-ground Enemies, but thy under-ground Enemies, as well those that undermine thee, as those that assault thee. Once more, in the 116th Psal. ver. 3. we have an Illustration of this sence; The sorrowes of death Compassed mee, and the paines of hell gate hold upon me. The Hebrew text is, the paines of hell found mee: the pain•s of hell, that is, the greatest, the extreamest paines, gat hold upon mee; they found mee, that is, they ceized upon mee, and held me fast: a word of the same roote is used in both parts of that text, that which wee translate to get hold, is the same with that, I found trouble and sorrow, they found mee and I found them;