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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
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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;