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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.
Be not lifted up upon an outward privilege, which will stand you in no stead at all, if you stand upon it: Except you be changed and born again of the Spirit, it will not avail you that you are born of Abraham's flesh: If Abraham's faith be not in your hearts, it shall be no advantage to you that Abraham's blood runs in your veins. The word is so used again (Phil. 3.4.) If any one thinketh he may be confident, I much more: If any one may have an opinion of himself in regard of outward privileges, surely I ⟨p. 66⟩may, but I will not. So then an opinion or a conceitedness of our knowledge blasts all our knowledge, such a man knoweth nothing as he ought to know; he knoweth somewhat by rote, but he doth not know any thing (as a Christian ought) by heart. By how much we have the more true knowledge of the highest objects, by so much we have the lower thoughts of our knowledge. It is best to know as much as we can of the best things, and to think as little as we can of our selves.
Be not lifted up upon an outward priviledge, which will stand you in no stead at all, if you stand upon it: Except you be changed and born again of the Spirit, it will not avail you that you are born of Abrahams flesh: If Abrahams faith be not in your hearts, it shall be no advantage to you that Abrahams bloud runs in your veins. The word is so used again (Phil. 3.4.) If any one thinketh he may be confident, I much more: If any one may have an opinion of himself in regard of outward priviledges, surely I ⟨p. 66⟩may, but I will not. So then an opinion or a conceitednesse of our knowledge blasts all our knowledge, such a man knoweth nothing as he ought to know; he knoweth somewhat by rote, but he doth not know any thing (as a Christian ought) by heart. By how much we have the more true knowledge of the highest objects, by so much we have the lower thoughts of our knowledge. It is best to know as much as we can of the best things, and to thinke as little as we can of our selves.