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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 2
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Should a wise man utter vain knowledge?
Should a wise man utter vaine knowledge?
Hence observe:
There is a vanity in some kind of knowledge, and folly in that which not a few call wisdom: It hath been the business of some mens knowledge, to find out a vanity in all sorts of knowledge. Eliphaz spake well for the matter, though ill to the man. Job did not utter vain knowledge, but, we know, too many do. The old Gentiles waxed vain in their imaginations, 1their very reasonings were vain; so the Original word tells us: It was not their fancy but their understanding which was vain. The Apostle cautions the Colossians, Let no man spoil you through Philosophy and vain deceit (Col. 2.8.) Philosophy in it self is an excellent knowledge, yet it may be vainly taught, and so deceive us, as to spoil us: I may say also, let no man spoil you through Divinity and vain deceit. Divinity, which is in it self the most excellent knowledge, the knowledge of God, may be vainly taught, and so deceive us, as to spoil us: That knowledge which is best in it self, is vainest to us, when it is unduly or falsely uttered.
There is a vanity in some kind of knowledge, and folly in that which not a few call wisedome: It hath been the businesse of some mens knowledge, to finde out a vanity in all sorts of knowledge. Eliphaz spake well for the matter, though ill to the man. Job did not utter vaine knowledge, but, we know, too many doe. The old Gentiles waxed vaine in their imaginations, 1