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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.
The Hebrew is rendered word for word, thus, It is upon thy knowledge, or, It is upon thy know that I am not wicked: As if he had said, Thou hast not this knowledge from without, thou dost not ground thy judgement concerning the state of any man upon what others say of him, upon reports or hear-says; no, thy knowledge is from thy self; Thou knowest upon thine own knowledge, thine is an internal, an immediate, and so a perfect, an infallible knowledge, and that tells thee of me, I am not wicked.
The Hebrew is rendered word for word, thus, It is upon thy knowledge, or, It is upon thy know that I am not wicked: As if he had said, Thou hast not this knowledge from without, thou dost not ground thy judgement concerning the state of any man upon what others say of him, upon reports or hear-saies; no, thy knowledge is from thy self; Thou knowest upon thine own knowledge, thine is an internall, an immediate, and so a perfect, an infallible knowledge, and that tels thee of me, I am not wicked.
That I am not wicked.
He doth not say, Thou knowest that I am not a sinner, or, Thou knowest that I have not sinned, Job had no such opinion of himself, and he knew God had no such knowledge of him. There is a great difference between being a sinner, and a wicked man. The best of Saints while they are here upon the earth are sinners, but the worst of Saints even here upon the earth are not wicked; they have a new nature, they are new creatures, regenerate and ⟨p. 471⟩born again by the Word and Spirit, therefore they are not wicked; though much sin be in them, yet no wickedness is in them; and they are denominated from their better part, not wicked from their remaining corruption, but holy from their received renovation, Thou knowest that I am not wicked.