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…

This gives glory to God, and lifteth him up above the creature in the fullness of his knowledge. Men who have the greatest knowledge, and vastest comprehensions of things, yet have not that knowledge in and from themselves, they fetch it in by borrowed helps, and glad they can have it so too. It costs man a great deal of travel and study, to make himself master of a little knowledge (Job 12.12.) With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days is understanding: Some indeed get wisdom and understanding, and are owners of a vast stock and treasure of knowledge; but when? but how? When they are old; when they have had long experience, and have studied hard for it, With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days is understanding: Thus men get knowledge. But mark what is said of God in the next words (vers. 13.) But with him (meaning God) is wisdom and strength, He hath counsel and understanding. With him it is, and he hath it: The Lord doth not grow more knowing by years, nor doth his understanding mend by the multitude of days: though he be the Ancient of days, yet it is not his antiquity which hath got him this knowledge; his knowledge is in him, and with him, and from himself; he fetches not his knowledge from sense, nor doth he take it up by information; He learns it not by demonstration raised from the things themselves, nor by the collation of ⟨p. 474⟩one thing with another. He doth not know this to be so, because that is so, but all things are so, because he knows them. He knows all, 1. Fully, not to halves. 2. Certainly, not probably. 3. Actually, not possibly. 4. At once, not successively; as not one thing by another, so not one thing after another. Such are the eminences and transcendencies of the knowledge of God.

This gives glory to God, and lifteth him up above the creature in the fulnesse of his knowledge. Men who have the greatest knowledge, and vastest comprehensions of things, yet have not that knowledge in and from themselves, they fetch it in by borrowed helps, and glad they can have it so too. It costs man a great deal of travell and study, to make himself master of a little knowledge (Job 12.12.) With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of daies is understanding: Some indeed get wisdom and understanding, and are owners of a vast stock and treasure of knowledge; but when? but how? When they are old; when they have had long experience, and have studied hard for it, With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of daies is understanding: Thus men get knowledge. But mark what is said of God in the next words (vers. 13.) But with him (meaning God) is wisdom and strength, He hath counsel and understanding. With him it is, and he hath it: The Lord doth not grow more knowing by years, nor doth his understanding mend by the multitude of daies: though he be the Ancient of daies, yet it is not his antiquity which hath got him this knowledge; his knowledge is in him, and with him, and from himself; he fetches not his knowledge from sence, nor doth he take it up by information; He learns it not by demonstration raised from the things themselves, nor by the collation of