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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.
Secondly, To the uprightness or impartiality of it; If thou hast understanding; that is, if thou hast an unbiased understanding; Sometimes the affections turn aside, and bribe the understanding; self-interest puts a blind upon the understanding. When a man hath a mind to that which is not right, he will have a mind to understand any thing that opposeth it.
Secondly, To the uprightness or impartiality of it; If thou hast understanding; that is, if thou hast an unbiassed understanding; Sometimes the affections turne aside, and bribe the understanding; self-interest puts a blinde upon the understanding. When a man hath a minde to that which is not right, he will have a minde to understand any thing that opposeth it.
Thirdly, To the spiritualness of it, If thou hast understanding; that is, a renewed, a spiritual, an holy understanding, or the understanding of the holy, hear this. A man may have a great natural understanding, a deep judgement, and yet be a very child, or a man of no understanding in the things of God. Only a spiritual understanding is suited to spiritual things, (as the object is, such must the faculty be) that faculty which deals a-right about spiritual things, must be a spiritual faculty. The Apostle speaks concludingly (1 Cor: 2.14.) The natural man (that is, the man unconverted or unregenerate) perceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. And therefore the same Apostle professeth to the Colossians (Chap: 1.9.) We do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled, with ⟨p. 604⟩the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding. The will of God being spiritual, cannot be truly known but by a spiritual understanding. According to this three-fold attribute of the understanding we may expound Elihu speaking to Job, If thou hast a spiritual understanding, an unbiased understanding, a sound understanding, hear this. As if he had said, I have spoken, and am about to speak such things as may call out the strength, the best, the utmost line of a sound, impartial and spiritual understanding, to sound the bottom and the depth of them. Thus he provokes him to attend, not only with his ear, but with his understanding, with the best of his understanding, with the best understanding to the things he was to speak. And in this sense the most of men, all bad men have no understanding (Psal: 14.2.) and Job, though a good man, had much deficiency in his. If now thou hast understanding, hear this.