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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
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and what ever he condemneth any man for, he will not condemn him for pride, no nor for any sin. So that when the Apostle saith, Lest he fall into the condemnation of the devil, it is as if he had said, Lest he be condemned for the same sin that the devil was condemned for, which was pride: And it was pride (for he is the right father of the Gnostics) arising out of a high opinion, or conceit of his own wisdom, and knowledge. Zophar said (Job 11.12.) Vain man would be wise. But is it an argument of a mans vanity that he would be wise? it is a mans duty to be wise, that's a good desire; why then doth he say, Vain man would be wise? The meaning is, Vain man would be in account for wisdom, he would be reckoned among wise men, or he desires more to be thought wise, then to be wise. A vain man, indeed, cannot desire any good, but in reference to some evil that cleaves to it; and upon that account he may desire to be wise. The first sin came into the world by an attempt to get wisdom, or by a proud thought in the hopes of attaining farther wisdom. The wisdom which our first parents sought for, was not wisdom to know God, for that is the most excellent wisdom, It is eternal life to know God; So then it was not wisdom to know God, but it was wisdom to be knowing as God which they affected, they would be high and lifted up above the rate of a creature in knowledge, and that was their ruin. And I shall show (in two things) why there is such a temptation in wisdom, or the reason why when we have found out that which hath a show of wisdom in it, we are so forward to applaud our selves, & boast in it.
and what ever he condemneth any man for, he will not condemne him for pride, no nor for any sin. So that when the Apostle saith, Lest he fall into the condemnation of the devill, it is as if he had said, Lest he be condemned for the same sin that the devill was condemned for, which was pride: And it was pride (for he is the right father of the Gnosticks) arising out of a high opinion, or conceit of his owne wisdome, and knowledge. Zophar sayd (Job 11.12.) Vaine man would be wise. But is it an argument of a mans vanity that he would be wise? it is a mans duty to be wise, that's a good desire; why then doth he say, Vaine man would be wise? The meaning is, Vaine man would be in account for wisdome, he would be reckoned among wise men, or he desires more to be thought wise, then to be wise. A vaine man, indeed, cannot desire any good, but in reference to some evill that cleaves to it; and upon that account he may desire to be wise. The first sin came into the world by an attempt to get wisdome, or by a proud thought in the hopes of attaining farther wisdome. The wisdome which our first parents sought for, was not wisdome to know God, for that is the most excellent wisdom, It is eternall life to know God; So then it was not wisdome to know God, but it was wisdome to be knowing as God which they affected, they would be high and lifted up above the rate of a creature in knowledge, and that was their ruine. And I shall shew (in two things) why there is such a temptation in wisdome, or the reason why when we have found out that which hath a shew of wisdome in it, we are so forward to applaud our selves, & boast in it.