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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.
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 God sometimes denieth vvisdome to the Ancient, and sometimes he takes vvisdome from them. And God suffers old men to act like children, to goe out of the way, to doe foolishly, that he may staine the glory of all flesh, and that all might both know and have their dependance on him alone. Hence take two or three deductions.
- 1Intelligentia juris non pendet a senectute. Pisc:
First, From the Connection of these two verses, we learn that, The spirit of God is not tied to any age or degree of men; The Inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding; Great men are not always wise, &c. The Spirit of God is a free Spirit; and as the Spirit is free because he moves without any desert in the object; as also because he gives liberally, plentifully, and abundantly; so the Spirit of God is free as to the choice of objects,