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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.
Observe, First.
Wisdom or understanding is the gift of the Spirit of God.
Wisdome or understanding is the gift of the Spirit of God.
We have a like assertion by way of question in the 38th Chapter of this book (ver. 36.) Who hath put wisdom into the inward ⟨p. 54⟩parts, or who hath given understanding to the heart? who hath? hath man put wisdom into himself? or hath he made his own heart to understand? the Question denies, no, man hath not done it. Wisdom is an Influence or an Inspiration from the Almighty; knowledge to order common things is of the Lord (Isa. 28.26, 29.) His God doth instruct him (the husbandman he means) to discretion (in ordering the ground) and doth teach him; how much more in spiritual things and the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. (Prov. 16.1.) The preparation of the heart in man, and the Answer of the tongue (that is, The fitting of the heart for any right answer of the tongue) is from the Lord; both the general preparation of the heart for service or use, and the special preparation of it to this or that service & use is of the Lord, & so is the Answer of the tongue for the discharge of it. (Eccles. 2.26.) God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom and knowledge and joy; As God giveth man the knowledge of things, so wisdom to know how to order and manage the things that he knoweth; Some have more knowledge then they know how to manage, their knowledge masters them, they are not masters of their knowledge; they have more knowledge then wisdom. Now God gives to him that is good in his sight (that is, to the man whom he chooseth and is pleased with) knowledge and wisdom; and then he gives him joy, that is, Comfort in the exercise of that knowledge wherewith he is endued; this is a notable and a noble gift of God. We read (