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…

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Author: Joseph Caryl

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.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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There is yet a difficulty in regard of the grammatical sense of these words. For Eliphaz having spoken before in the third person plural, The righteous are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn, should (as it may be thought) rather have continued his speech in the same form, and have said; Whereas Their substance is not down, but he puts it in the first person plural, Whereas our substance is not cut down &c.

There is yet a difficulty in regard of the grammaticall sense of these words. For Eliphaz having spoken before in the third person plural, The righteous are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorne, should (as it may be thought) rather have continued his speech in the same forme, and have sayd; Whereas Their substance is not downe, but he puts it in the first person plural, Whereas our substance is not cut downe &c.

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We may answer two ways; First, that it is usual in Scripture to vary the number, while the same person or persons is or are spoken of; take only one Instance, Hos. 12.4. He (that is the Angel ⟨p. 200⟩of the Covenant) found him in Bethel, that is, Jacob. And there he spake with us. It should according to Grammar be read thus; And there he spake with him. Having found Jacob in Bethel, he spake with him in Bethel. But we see both the person and number are varied, the former words running in the third person singular (being meant particularly of Jacob,) the latter in the first person plural, There he spake with us; The Spirit of God thereby signifying, that, what God spake at that time to Jacob personally, he spake to all the spiritual seed of Jacob, whether of the Circumcision or Uncircumcision, virtually; He so spake to Jacob as that the substance and effect of his speech reacheth down to and hath an influence upon us, believers, who are his posterity according to the Spirit. Besides this, other Scriptures hold out the like variation of the number, as in the Text, which is the first answer.

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