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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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Secondly, observe, It is most uncomely for those, who either have, or would have the reputation of wisdom, to speak vainly; Should a wise man utter vain knowledge? 'Tis no wonder to hear a vain man speak vainly, and for a fool to utter folly. Do men gather Grapes of thorns, or Figs of thistles? The vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord (Isa. 32.6.) If a fool, a vain man, or a vile person, speak thus, he speaks like himself, but if a wise, or a good man speak thus, he speaks so unlike himself, that the Chaldee Paraphrase puts not only an undecensie, but an impossibility ⟨p. 7⟩upon it, Can a wise man utter vain knowledge? It is impossible. 1Men act according to their principles; every thing is in working, as it is in being; if there be wisdom in the heart, it will be heard at the tongue: A wholesome Fountain will send out wholesome waters; He that is borne of God (saith the Apostle John, 1 Epist. 3.9.) cannot sin; though he hath not a natural impossibility to sin,2 yet he hath a moral impossibility to sin, because the seed of God remaineth in him, the frame and bent of his heart is set another way: Now, as there is a moral impossibility that a godly man should commit sin, so that a wise man should speak sin, or utter vain knowledge. A wise man speaks, as well as acts, by measure; he weighs what he saith, as much as what he doth; the tongue of the wise is as a Tree of life: Grace in the heart blossoms at the lips, in savoury words, which minister grace unto the hearers. Should a wise man utter vain knowledge?
Secondly, observe, It is most uncomely for those, who either have, or would have the reputation of wisedome, to speake vainly; Should a wise man utter vaine knowledge? 'Tis no wonder to heare a vaine man speake vainely, and for a foole to utter folly. Doe men gather Grapes of thornes, or Figgs of thistles? The vile person will speake villany, and his heart will worke iniquity, to practice hypocrisie, and to utter errour against the Lord (