A35535:1546
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Further, We may distinguish of a threefold interpreter. First, a grammatical interpreter, whose business is to give the sense of words. Secondly, a logical interpreter, who gathers up the meaning, scope and mind of any sentence, or the purpose of man in what he speaketh. Thirdly, there is the divine of spiritual interpreter, ⟨p. 376⟩who labours to bring the truths of God, and the heart of man together. The Apostle having treated about prophesying, concludes (1 Cor. 14.25.) And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth; as if the man that believed not, or one unlearned (for of such he speaks, vers. 24.) had said, surely these men understand what is in my heart, for they have brought the truth of God, and my heart together, so that I must confess God is in them, that is, there is a divine wisdom or interpretation in them. When Elihu faith, If there be an interpreter, we are to understand him in this last sense; not of one that can interpret words, like a Grammarian, or give the scope and sense of words like a Logician, but of one that hath a divine skill to bring the truths of God home to the heart of man, that is, to convince & inform an ignorant conscience, and to comfort, relieve and support a troubled conscience. If there be an interpreter,
Further, We may distinguish of a threefold interpreter. First, a grammaticall interpreter, whose business is to give the sence of words. Secondly, a logicall interpreter, who gathers up the meaning, scope and mind of any sentence, or the purpose of man in what he speaketh. Thirdly, there is the divine of spirituall interpreter, ⟨p. 376⟩who labours to bring the truths of God, and the heart of man together. The Apostle having treated about prophecying, concludes (1 Cor. 14.25.) And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth; as if the man that beleeved not, or one unlearned (for of such he speaks, vers. 24.) had said, surely these men understand what is in my heart, for they have brought the truth of God, and my heart together, so that I must confesse God is in them, that is, there is a divine wisdome or interpretation in them. When Elihu faith, If there be an interpreter, we are to understand him in this last sence; not of one that can interpret words, like a Grammarian, or give the scope and sence of words like a Logician, but of one that hath a divine skill to bring the truths of God home to the heart of man, that is, to convince & informe an ignorant conscience, and to comfort, relieve and support a troubled conscience. If there be an interpreter,