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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 31
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Hence Observe.
First, Man is very apt to be deceived; so apt to be deceived, that he is scarce ever undeceived: Eliphaz speaks here, not only of a possibility to be deceived, but of being actually deceived; and this ariseth two ways, first from the impotence and weakness, from the blindness and ignorance that is in man; he that is blind and weak, is easily mislead; every man naturally, how strong, how wise, how knowing soever he seems to be, is yet weak, blind, and ignorant in a very great measure; and therefore very deceivable: Man is full of craft, this makes him deceitful; he is empty of true wisdom, this renders him deceivable.
First, Man is very apt to be deceived; so apt to be deceived, that he is scarse ever undeceived: Eliphaz speakes here, not onely of a possibility to be deceived, but of being actually deceived; and this ariseth two waies, first from the impotence and weaknesse, from the blindnesse and ignorance that is in man; he that is blinde and weake, is easily mislead; every man naturally, how strong, how wise, how knowing soever he seems to be, is yet weak, blind, and ignorant in a very great measure; and therefore very deceivable: Man is full of craft, this makes him deceitfull; he is empty of true wisedome, this renders him deceiveable.
Secondly, As man may quickly be deceived, by reason of the ignorance which is in him, so also by reason of those subtle enemies, who are always about him, yea and within him. We live (as I may so speak) among Cheaters, and Cozeners, and there is a great Cheater lives in us; how hard is it then not to be deceived? If a man be in a Crowd among many Cut-purses, and Cheaters, he is in danger to lose his Money every moment; it is so with us: though carnal men are not at all aware of it, nor they who are most spiritual, so much aware of it as they should It is dangerous to live among deceivers, though we know them, and are aware of them; it is most dangerous to live among deceivers, and not to know them, for then we cannot be aware of them; but it is madness to know we live among deceivers, and yet not to be aware of them.