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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.
The word which we render Consider, signifies also to understand or know, which is an act precedent to consideration;1 Consideration is a contemplative act; by consideration we become more knowing, but we cannot consider any thing till we have some understanding or knowledge of it. And this word is often (in another Conjugation) used in the title of some special Psalms. The 32d Psalm, as also the 42d Psalm, is called Maschil, as much as to say, a teaching, or an instructing Psalm, a Psalm giving understanding and requiring deep and serious consideration. Thus in the text, they would not consider, nor understand, nor know, nor contemplate any of his ways.
The word which we render Consider, signifies also to understand or know, which is an act precedent to consideration;1 Consideration is a contemplative act; by consideration we become more knowing, but we cannot consider any thing till we have some understanding or knowledge of it. And this word is often (in another Conjugation) used in the title of some speciall Psalmes. The 32d Psalme, as also the 42d Psalme, is called Maschil, as much as to say, a teaching, or an instructing Psalme, a Psalme giving understanding and requiring deep and serious consideration. Thus in the text, they would not consider, nor understand, nor know, nor contemplate any of his wayes.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] intellexit cognovit cō templatus est. Hinc Maschil, carmen erudiens ode didascalica, Tit: Psal: 32.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 intellexit cognovit cō templatus est. Hinc Maschil, carmen erudiens ode didascalica, Tit: Psal: 32.
The Hebrew is, all his ways; that is, none at all of them. The ways of God in Scripture are taken in a two-fold notion; First, for those wherein he would have us walk; such are the ways of his commandments: they are called the ways of God, because he directs us to walk in them. A holy life consists in our walking with God, and we cannot walk with God any further, or any longer, then we keep in the ways of his commandments. It is said of the children of Israel, after the death of Joshua (Judg: 2.17.) they turned quickly out of the way, which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. To obey the commandments, is to walk in the way of them. Taking the ways of God in this sense, when Elihu saith, They would not consider any of his ways, his meaning is, they did not intend nor had any heart to set themselves to learn the mind of God revealed in his word concerning their duty, or what they ought to do; they know not the ways of God practically. The word properly denotes the wisdom and prudence, which stayeth not in notion, but proceeds to action. These men lived as if they