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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 37 › Verses 19-20
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Secondly, Let the most seeing take heed of presuming that they see all. Some think they know enough, yea, that they have all knowledge, what is it that they know not? But Elihu and his friends said well, We cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 1Do not say you know all, how much soever you know. It is an old rule and a true one, whether you take it with respect to actions or propositions, The wisest man seeth not all. And one of the Ancients hath rightly taught us, That the best and highest point of our knowledge, is to confess our ignorance in the things of God.
- 1Bernardus non vidit omnia. In his quae dicuntur de Deo maxima scientia est ignorantiam fateri. Cyril. Cat. 6.
Thirdly, If the darkness of ignorance be not quite dispelled from the most enlightened and knowing souls, Then, As they who have received most light of knowledge, have cause enough to be humbled in themselves, so to beware of despising others.
Thirdly, When Elihu saith, We cannot order our speech by reason of darkness,