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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.
First, Every Minister must be acquainted with the mind of God. He must have skill in the mystery of the Gospel. How shall he be able to interpret the mind of God to sinners, who is not acquainted with the mind of God? We have the mind of Christ (saith the Apostle of himself and his fellow-labourers in the Gospel (1 Cor. 2.16.) and when he saith, we have the mind of Christ, his meaning is not only this, that they had the mind of Christ written in a book, but they had a clear understanding of it, and so were fitted to interpret it to others.
First, Every Minister must be acquainted with the mind of God. He must have skill in the mystery of the Gospel. How shall he be able to interpret the mind of God to sinners, who is not acquainted with the mind of God? We have the mind of Christ (saith the Apostle of himselfe and his fellow-labourers in the Gospel (1 Cor. 2.16.) and when he saith, we have the mind of Christ, his meaning is not only this, that they had the mind of Christ written in a book, but they had a cleare understanding of it, and so were fitted to interpret it to others.
Secondly, As he must have the knowledge of the mystery, so he must have the tongue of the learned (Isa. 50.4.) That he may be able to speak a word in season to him that is weary; that is, to the wounded, and troubled in conscience; This is the interpreter intended by Elihu. He is one that hath learned, and is taught of God. Humane learning, the knowledge of Arts, and Sciences, is good, and hath its use; but divine learning, or learning in divine things, that is to be divinely learned, ('tis possible for one to have learning in divine things, and not to be divinely learned) is absolutely necessary to make him an interpreter. It is not ⟨p. 378⟩enough to know divine things, but he must know them divinely, or by the unction and teachings of the Spirit. The Apostle John (Rev: 10.8.) is commanded to eat the book; this eating of the book, signifieth the spiritual knowledge of divine truths; in this sense, we know no more then we eat, then we (as it were) turn into our own substance, that which is eaten becomes one with us; the mystery of the Gospel must be eaten by the interpreter of Gospel mysteries. A man cannot interpret the mind of God till he knows it; and he cannot know the mind of God, unless God himself reveals it; so the Apostle argueth (