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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, divine teachings, as they empty and unteach the soul, so they keep it very humble. Knowledge endangers us naturally to high thoughts of our selves, and hath a tendency in it to p•ide (1 Cor. 8.1.) Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. Take knowledge barely as received of men, even the knowledge of divine things (for ye may have a humane knowledge of divine things) this usually makes the heart swell; but the knowledge we have from the teachings of God, makes us humble, it will cause us to cry out (as the Prophet did, when the Lord appeared and let out a more than ordinary manifestation of his glory, (Isa. 6.5.) we are undone. It was so with Job, when the Lord had schooled him, and made himself more fully known to him th•n ever before, he presently cried out (Chap. 41.5) I have hea•d of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee; wherefore I abhor my self in dust and ashes. Nothing keeps the soul so humble as the teachings of God. Where we see any proud of what they have learned, it is an argument that either they were never taught of God, or, that as yet they have not understood his teachings.
Secondly, divine teachings, as they empty and unteach the soul, so they keep it very humble. Knowledg endangers us naturally to high thoughts of our selves, and hath a tendency in it to p•ide (1 Cor. 8.1.) Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. Take knowledge barely as received of men, even the knowledge of divine things (for ye may have a humane knowledge of divine things) this usually makes the heart swell; but the knowledge we have from the teachings of God, makes us humble, it will cause us to cry out (as the Prophet did, when the Lord appeared and let out a more than ordinary manifestation of his glory, (Isa. 6.5.) we are undone. It was so with Job, when the Lord had schooled him, and made himself more fully known to him th•n ever before, he presen•ly cried out (Chap. 41.5) I have head of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee; wherefore I abhor my self in dust and ashes. Nothing keeps the soul so humble as the teachings of God. Where we see any proud of what they have learned, it is an argument that either they were never taught of God, or, that as yet they have not understood his teachings.