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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.
Lost ye should say, we have found out wisdom.
Lost ye should say, we have found out wisdome.
That is, lest ye should say it boastingly, and cry victory against ⟨p. 83⟩his afflicted man. The word is often used in Scripture to signify saying with boasting, or speaking in pride of spirit. The Baptist (Math. 3.9.) tells the Pharisees, Think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our father; his meaning is, do not speak of your pedigree boastingly nor proudly: that ye are Abraham's children will do you no good, unless ye are good, like your father Abraham, and do as he did. So here,1 Lest ye should (proudly) say, we have found out wisdom; we have found the mystery of the whole matter, we have found out the key, which unlocks this secret, or as Mr Calvins translator wittily as well as truly expresseth, We have found out the bean in the Cake, we say, Lest ye should say, we have found out wisdom; That is, that which will surely prove us wise men, and gain us the reputation of wisdom among all wise and knowing men. What their special resolve was, which they counted wisdom, follows in the close of the verse according to our reading, God thrusteth him down not man. But before I deal with that conclusion, I shall briefly note two things from those words, Lest ye should say, we have found out wisdom.
That is, lest ye should say it boastingly, and cry victory against ⟨p. 83⟩his afflicted man. The word is often used in Scripture to signifie saying with boasting, or speaking in pride of spirit. The Baptist (Math. 3.9.) tells the Pharisees, Thinke not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to our father; his meaning is, doe not speake of your pedegree boastingly nor proudly: that ye are Abrahams children will doe you no good, unlesse ye are good, like your father Abraham, and doe as he did. So here,