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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 29
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David professeth; as from his own experience (Psal. 119.96.) I have seen an end of all perfection: The term of universality, All, doth not compass in every kind of perfection, but all the perfections of one kind. The end of Divine perfections cannot be seen: when we have seen the most of them, there is more of them unseen; but the end of all humane perfections may be seen. There is a twofold sight.
David professeth; as from his owne experience (Psal. 119.96.) I have seen an end of all perfection: The terme of universality, All, doth not compasse in every kinde of perfection, but all the perfections of one kinde. The end of Divine perfections cannot be seen: when we have seen the most of them, there is more of them unseen; but the end of all humane perfections may be seen. There is a twofold sight.
First, Of the eye. Secondly, Of the understanding.
Davids eye had seen the end of many humane perfections, and his understanding saw the end of them all; he had seen some ending, and he saw all must end. Never dream of prolonging your perfection here. No worldly thing can continue long, for the World it self shall not continue long: If the Scaffold or Stage upon which these perfections are showed or acted, must fall, the perfections themselves cannot stand. There have been but few that ever advanced so far as to an earthly perfection, but there was never any one that prolonged his perfection on the Earth. Adam did not continue in that created perfection, which had no imperfection in it, how then shall any of his Children continue in an imperfect (such is their best) perfection.