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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 17
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but I must reject the former, as altogether unworthy of Eliphaz, who was surely a man of integrity, and fearing God, and was therefore above such affected falsehoods, and studied deceits, to gain respect and credit among men.
but I must reject the former, as altogether unworthy of Eliphaz, who was surely a man of integrity, and fearing God, and was therefore above such affected falshoods, and studied deceits, to gaine respect and credit among men.
I shall therefore insist upon the former sense, That which I have seen; that is, by common experience, that will I declare unto thee.
I shall therefore insist upon the former sense, That which I have seene; that is, by common experience, that will I declare unto thee.
Hence Observe.
First, What we declare, or communicate to others, we should be well assured of our selves; That which I have seen, declare I unto thee: while we declare, either by way of instruction, to teach true Doctrine, or by way of information, to report the truth of action, 'tis our duty to declare upon knowledge. So the Apostle John, in his first Epistle, Chap. 1.1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life, that which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you: He brings in the operations of three senses, Seeing, Hearing, and Feeling, as witnesses to avouch for, and ascertain that which he had declared; we must take heed of declaring upon surmises, and probabilities, upon a bare Hear-say, or I thought so: That which we have clearly learned, we may teach confidently, and nothing besides that.