The grand tryal, or, Poetical exercitations upon the book of Job wherein suitable to each text of that sacred book, a modest explanation, and continuation of the several discourses contained in it, is attempted / by William Clark.
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- The grand tryal, or, Poetical exercitations upon the book of Job wherein suitable to each text of that sacred book, a modest explanation, and continuation of the several discourses contained in it, is attempted / by William Clark.
- Author
- Clark, William, advocate.
- Publication
- Edinburgh :: Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson ...
- 1685.
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- Subject terms
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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"The grand tryal, or, Poetical exercitations upon the book of Job wherein suitable to each text of that sacred book, a modest explanation, and continuation of the several discourses contained in it, is attempted / by William Clark." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33354.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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Notes
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* 1.1
1 Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
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* 1.2
2. Hr shooteth forth as a flewer, & s••cut down, he flyeth ••••o as a shadow, & continueth not.
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* 1.3
3. Yet dost thou open thine eyes on suen a one, and bringst me into judgement with thee.
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* 1.4
4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean! no not one.
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* 1.5
5. Are not his days determined? the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds, which he cannot passe.
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* 1.6
6. Turn from him then that he may cease, until his desir∣ed day, as an hire∣ling.
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* 1.7
7. For there is hope of a tree, if it be ••ut down, that it will yet sprout, and the branches thereof will not cease.
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* 1.8
8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof be dead in the ground.
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* 1.9
9. Yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
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* 1.10
10. But man is sick, and dyeth, man perisheth, and where is he?
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* 1.11
11. As the waters pass from the sea & the flood decayeth and dryeth up.
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* 1.12
12. So man sleepeth, and riseth not, for he shall not awake again, nor be rais∣ed from his sleep while the heavens be no more.
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* 1.13
13. O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, and keep me secret untill thy wrath were past, and wouldst give me a term, and remem∣ber me.
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* 1.14
14. If a man dye, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait till, while my change come.
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* 1.15
15. Thou shalt call me, and I shall an∣swer thee, thou lov∣est the work of thine own hands?
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* 1.16
16. But now thou numbrest my steps, and dost not delay my sins.
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* 1.17
17. Mine iniquity is sealed up, as in a bag, and thou addest to my wickedness.
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* 1.18
18. And surely as the mountain com∣eth to nought, and the rock that is re∣moved from his place.
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* 1.19
19. As the waters break the stones. when thou over∣s•••••• est the the things ••••••ion grow in the dast of the earth, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thou destroyest the hope of man.
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* 1.20
20. Thou pre∣v••••l••st against him, so that he passeth a∣way, he changeth his face, when thou cast∣est him away.
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* 1.21
21. And he know∣eth not if his sons shall be honourable, neither shall he un∣derstand concerning them, if they be of low degree.
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* 1.22
22. But while his filesh is upon him, he shall be sorrow∣full, and while his soul is in him, it shal mourn.