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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.
Thirdly, Not to know a thing, is not to be accustomed, or practised in it. Thus when Elihu saith, I know not to give flattering titles; he seems to say, It is not my manner, I have not been ⟨p. 132⟩used to flatter. As use doth not only make fitness, but increaseth our knowledge, so disuse doth at once unfit us to do a thing, and diminisheth our knowledge how to do it. And therefore what we use not to do, we are rightly said not to know to do. I know not to give flattering titles.
Thirdly, Not to know a thing, is not to be accustomed, or practised in it. Thus when Elihu saith, I know not to give flattering titles; he seemes to say, It is not my manner, I have not been ⟨p. 132⟩used to flatter. As use doth not only make fitnesse, but encreaseth our knowledge, so disuse doth at once unfit us to doe a thing, and diminisheth our knowledge how to doe it. And therefore what we use not to doe, we are rightly sayd not to know to doe. I know not to give flattering titles.
Hence note.
The spirit of a good man is set against all that is evil, he cannot close nor comply with it.
The spirit of a good man is set against all that is evill, he cannot close nor comply with it.