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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.
Hence note.
As honour or greatness of estate, so age or greatness of years, doth not confer wisdom upon any man.
As honour or greatnesse of estate, so age or greatnesse of yeares, doth not confer wisdome upon any man.
Time doth neither stop nor convey knowledge and understanding; old men have not their knowledge by their Antiquity, and therefore, as no man is wise at all times, so no man is made wise by time. In strict sense, wisdom is not the daughter of time, but the gift of the eternal. It is not time but divine favour which makes wise. They are soon made wise and learned, whom God will teach. The teachings of God make young men like the ancients in wisdom, and without his teaching, the aged are like children in folly.1 God sometimes denieth wisdom to the Ancient, and sometimes he takes wisdom from them. And God suffers old men to act like children, to go out of the way, to do foolishly, that he may stain the glory of all flesh, and that all might both know and have their dependence on him alone. Hence take two or three deductions.
Time doth neither stop nor convey knowledge and understanding; old men have not their knowledge by their Antiquitie, and therefore, as no man is wise at all times, so no man is made wise by time. In strict sence, vvisdome is not the daughter of time, but the gift of the eternal. It is not time but divine favour vvhich makes wise. They are soone made wise and learned, whom God will teach. The teachings of God make young men like the ancients in vvisdome, and without his teaching, the aged are like children in folly.1