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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.
I shall teach thee wisdom. 1The word which we render to teach in another conjugation signifieth to learn; and the Noun signifieth a leader, or governor. As that first letter Aleph in the Hebrew Alphabet is the leading letter to all that follow, so a Teacher should be a leader, he should go before those that hear him, by good example as well as by wholesome doctrine. Be thou an example of the Believers, saith the Apostle Timothy (1 Epist. 4.12) who was set up in the Church of Ephesus a Teacher and an Instructor.
I shall teach thee wisdome. 1The word which we render to teach in another conjugation signifieth to learne; and the Nowne signifieth a leader, or governour. As that first letter Aleph in the Hebrew Alphabet is the leading letter to all that follow, so a Teacher should be a leader, he should goe before those that heare him, by good example as well as by wholsome doctrine. Be thou an example of the Beleevers, saith the Apostle Timothy (1 Epist. 4.12) who was set up in the Church of Ephesus a Teacher and an Instructer.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] In Kal despair in Piel docere hinc Aleph Paedagogus, antecassor dux, doctor, qui aliis solet praeire sicut Aleph prima litera reliquas antecedit.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 In Kal dis•ere in Piel docere hinc Aleph Paedagogus, antecassor dux, doctor, qui aliis solet praeire sicut Aleph prima litera reliquas antecedit.
Further, when Elihu saith, I will teach thee wisdom; his meaning is, I shall acquaint thee with that which may make thee wise, or I shall show thee wherein true wisdom doth consist. And that consists chiefly in these two things. First, in the knowledge of our selves; Secondly, in the knowledge of God; As if Elihu had said, I doubt not but I shall make thee know more fully what thou art, as also who God is. And it plainly appears in the close, that Job got a fuller light in both by what Elihu said to him: He got a fuller soul-sight of the sovereignty and highness of God, and a deeper humiliation in the sight of his own sinfulness and vileness. He that hath learned and is in the power of these two lessons, is questionless a wise man; and he that faithfully teacheth these two lessons doth not at all over-rate his doctrine if he call it wisdom, nor doth he put too high a title upon his pains and endeavours, if he saith to his Auditors or Scholars, I will teach or have taught you wisdom.