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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 29-31
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But have not men, especially learned men, understanding enough to ascend the clouds, and discover the nature of them? Surely their understandings are very mean, or very much clouded, who understand not what the spreading of the clouds meaneth.
I answer, though Elihu's question hath a negation in it, yet not a total negation, […] doth not exclude the understanding of men wholly out of […] clouds; he only denieth man a full understanding of all thin• […] •ch concern either the nature or motion of the clouds. Wh• […] understand much about the spreading of the clouds, but they cannot understand all. The best of godly men understand not much, or see but a little way into spiritual things: And the wisest of worldly men do not, cannot, see all in natural ⟨p. 400⟩things. Can any understand The spreading of the Clouds?
I answer, though Elihu's question hath a negation in it, yet not a total negation, 〈…〉 doth not exclude the understanding of men wholly out of 〈…〉 cl•uds; he only denieth man a full understanding of all thin• 〈…〉 •ch concern either the nature or motion of the clouds. Wh• 〈…〉 understand much about the spreading of the clouds, but they cannot understand all. The best of godly men unde•stand not much, or see but a little way into spiritual things: And the wisest of worldly men do not, cannot, see all in natural ⟨p. 400⟩