A35439:1885
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
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.
Secondly, The greatness and transcendency of God should keep us low in our own thoughts.
Secondly, The greatnesse and transcendency of God should keep us low in our own thoughts.
Our knowledge of God is the present cure of our own pride. The knowledge of God causeth us to know our selves, and that which makes us know our selves, cannot but make us low in our selves. Though a proud man is commonly said, To know himself too much, yet the truth is, he doth not know himself enough, no, nor at all, as he should know himself. Many are proud of, and with their knowledge, yet pride is the daughter of ignorance. Some pride lodges in every mans heart, because more then some ignorance doth. Job had some of both, in his; why doth he lay the thought of the infinite glory and sovereignty of God so often to ⟨p. 394⟩his heart, but to keep down or to cure the swellings of his heart.
Our knowledge of God is the present cure of our own pride. The knowledge of God causeth us to know our selves, and that which makes us know our selves, cannot but make us low in our selves. Though a proud man is commonly said, To know himself too much, yet the truth is, he doth not know himself enough, no, nor at all, as he should know himself. Many are proud of, and with their knowledge, yet pride is the daughter of ignorance. Some pride lodges in every mans heart, because more then some ignorance doth. Job had some of both, in his; why doth he lay the thought of the infinite glory and soveraignty of God so often to ⟨p. 394⟩his heart, but to keep down or to cure the swellings of his heart.