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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 22-23
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Secondly, Seeing God teacheth thus paramount, seeing none teach like him, then submit to his teaching. Do not question any of his rules of life or doctrines of faith, they are all righteous and full of divine truth; you cannot do amiss if you do, nor believe amiss if you believe, no, nor miss of blessedness in doing and believing, what he hath taught.
Thirdly, Then appear as they who are taught of God.
You will say, How, or when doth it appear, that we are or have been taught of God? I shall answer that query in four things.
First, If you are or have been taught of God, his teaching unteacheh or emptieth you, & that in a threefold respect. First, of your own carnal principles. The great business of divine teaching, is to unteach, ⟨p. 343⟩to take men off from their own Will and Reason, from their own Rules, as also from those Customs which they have received by tradition from their fathers. If you would appear as taught of God, you must lay down all these. The teachings of grace empty the soul of what it hath taken up by Nature. Secondly, the teachings of God empty the soul of all self-righteousness. If ye be taught of God ye will be nothing in your selves. Paul, before the teachings of God came, had confidence in the flesh, and boasted in his own righteousness; but when he was taught of God, he threw off all those. Thirdly, If ye are taught of God, that will certainly unteach and empty you of all unrighteousness. The Apostle speaks fully to that (