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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.
Thirdly, Note.
There is nothing worth the learning or knowing, but that which makes us truly wise.
For that only showeth us the way to be truly happy. 'Tis our wisdom to work for a right end, and that work can never attain its end but by the choice of right means. Through desire (saith Solomon, Prov. 18.1.) a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermedleth with all wisdom. The desire of all things (say ⟨p. 491⟩Naturalists) especially of all men runs out to good. And the better any man is, the better is that good which he desireth, yea if any man be truly good he desireth that which is best; for the enjoyment of God wherein alone happiness doth consist, is his ultimate and highest end. But what doth he to reach this end? Solomon points us to two things: First, he separateth himself from all those lets and impediments which stop up the way, or lye cross to his desire. Secondly, He seeketh and intermedleth with all wisdom, with all real and substantial wisdom, (as the word there used signifieth) for he knoweth that nothing but such wisdom, acted in wise ways, is proper and successful for the promoting of that noble end. Now if nothing but wisdom can lead us to that end, what is there worth the learning or knowing except that which makes us wise?
For that only sheweth us the way to be truly happy. 'Tis our wisdome to work for a right end, and that work can never attaine its end but by the choyce of right means. Through desire (saith Solomon, Prov. 18.1.) a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermedleth with all wisdome. The desire of all things (say