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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My stroke.

My stroake.

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The Hebrew is, my hand, the hand is taken for that which was done by the hand; The instrument for the effect; my hand, that is, the stroke of the hand that is upon me; whose hand was that? the hand of God he means. As if it had been said more expressly, The stroke of the hand of God upon me is heavier then my groaning. In the former part of the verse,¹ he spake of the bitterness of his complaint, here of the heaviness of his stroke, or that the stroke given him was exceeding heavy. As bitter things are grievous to the palate, so heavy things are burdensome to the whole body; We are soon weary of that which is very heavy. And therefore (Mat. 11.30.) when Christ would convince us that we have no reason to be weary of that burden, which he layeth upon us, (his holy counsels and commandments) he saith, My yoke is easy, and my burden light: My burdens are not like those which the Pharisees bind upon you, heavy and grievous to be borne (Math. 23.4.) So here, when Job saith, My stroke is heavy, he would have his friends know that his were (in themselves) no light afflictions (though there is a sense in which all the afflictions of the Saints are light, 2 Cor. 4.17.) but grievous to be borne.

The Hebrew is, my hand, the hand is taken for that which was done by the hand; The instrument for the effect; my hand, that is, the stroake of the hand that is upon me; whose hand was that? the hand of God he meanes. As if it had been sayd more expressely, The stroake of the hand of God upon me is heavier then my groaning. In the former part of the verse,¹ he spake of the bitternesse of his complaint, here of the heavines of his stroake, or that the stroake given him was exceeding heavy. As bitter things are grievous to the pallate, so heavy things are burdensome to the whole body; We are soone weary of that which is very heavy. And therfore (

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