A81199:975
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Original word hath a twofold derivation,1 most render it as we, bitter; Bitterness in Scripture is often used by a metaphor, to denote any thing which is grievous, troublesome, afflictive, or distasteful to us, because bitter things are so to the palate or taste of man. Bitter things are troublesome to sense, and troubles are bitter to the Spirit. Affliction is a bitter pill; thou writest bitter things against me, said Job to God before (Chap. 13.26.) so that when he saith, my complaint is bitter, it sounds thus much, my complaint is as great as great can be, and I have the greatest reason to complain. For by complaint, we are to understand not only the act of complaining, but the matter upon which he did complain, or the cause of his complaint. As if he had said, My afflictions (about which I complain) are exceeding bitter, no marvel then if my complaint be so too.
The Original word hath a twofold derivation,1 most render it as we, bitter; Bitternesse in Scripture is often used by a metaphor, to denote any thing which is grievous, troublesome, afflictive, or distastfull to us, because bitter things are so to the pallate or tast of man. Bitter things are troublesome to sence, and troubles are bitter to the Spirit. Affliction is a bitter pill; thou writest bitter things against me, sayd Job to God before (Chap. 13.26.) so that when he saith, my complaint is bitter, it sounds thus much, my complaint is as great as great can be, and I have the greatest reason to complaine. For by complaint, we are to understand not onely the act of complaining, but the matter upon which he did complaine, or the cause of his complaint. As if he had sayd, My afflictions (about which I complaine) are exceeding bitter, no marvaile then if my complaint be so too.
- 1Aliqui deducunt a [Greek or Hebrew] quod signifi at amaritudinem, alij a [Greek or Hebrew] denotane rebellionem seu contumaciam.Aliqui deducunt a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 quod signifi at amaritudinem, alij a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 denotane rebellionem seu contumaciam.