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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 23-24
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There are yet two other readings of the words, which I shall set before the Reader, and then conclude all.
The word which we translate respecteth, 1signifying properly to see, some keep to that propriety of it, and render the text thus; He seeth not all wise in heart; that is, when the Lord looketh among the children of men, he doth not find many, yea scarce any of them wise. Thus the sense runs in connection with the former part of the verse, Men should be so wise as to fear God, and not dispute any of his proceedings; But he seeth or knoweth that all are not so; yea he findeth that a great many, even the most of men by much are very fools. The truth is, all men naturally are no better (Psal. 14.2.) The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God; but he did not find one wise in heart among all the children of men, as Descendants from the first Adam. And when he cometh among the best of men, men of a second birth, the seed and descendants of the second Adam, he doth not see them so wise as to give him glory in every condition, nor under every dispensation, yea, he finds a great deal of folly in their hearts. Taking this sense of the words, Elihu seems here again to give Job a close rebuke, as not having behaved himself so wisely under his sufferings, as became a man professing the fear of God. 'Tis rare to find a man wise throughout, a man having true wisdom of ⟨p. 650⟩heart, and ordering himself according to the rules of that wisdom, in all the turns and changes of his life.
The word which we translate respecteth, 1signifying properly to see, some keep to that propriety of it, and render the text thus; He seeth not all wise in heart; that is, when the Lord looketh among the children of men, he doth not find many, yea scarce any of them wise. Thus the sense runs in connection with the fomer part of the verse, Men should be so wise as to feare God, and not dispute any of his proceedings; But he seeth or knoweth that all are not so; yea he findeth that a great many, even the most of men by much are very fools. The truth is, all men naturally are no better (