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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 1-4
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Thirdly, When he saith, I will fetch my knowledge from afar; the meaning may be this, It shall be of admirable and sublime things,1 the reason of which could not easily be given, nor presently found out. Those things are far from us, which we cannot dive into, nor reach, nor fathom the bottom of, by the Line of our understanding: Such are the secret Counsels of God before the world was, and some ways of his Providence in dealing with men ever since the world was, which are therefore said to be unsearchable, and past finding out; and of these Elihu speaks at large in this Chapter, to the 26th verse.
Thirdly, When he saith, I will fetch my knowledge from afar; the meaning may be this, It shall be of admirable and sublime things,1 the reason of which could not easily be given, nor presently found out. Those things are far from us, which we cannot dive into, nor reach, nor fathome the bottome of, by the Line of our understanding: Such are the secret Counsels of God before the world was, and some wayes of his Providence in dealing with men ever since the world was, which are therefore said to be unsearchable, and past finding out; and of these Elihu speaks at large in this Chapter, to the 26th verse.
- 1Ex operibus Dei admirandis et sublimibus. Merc.
Fourthly, I will fetch my knowledge from afar, may be thus understood, I will speak to thee of things which I have much studied for; I will not speak what comes next, nor what lies uppermost,1 but will beat my brains for what I say, in most serious meditation; I will not offer thee any raw or undigested sentiments, but shall well and maturely consider before I speak; nor will I speak what my weak reason only tells me is true, but what by light from above, and I hope by me special teachings of God, I know to be true: I will fetch my knowledge, or that which I make know, from the depths of my heart, not from sudden flashes and conceits of my head. In all these senses possibly Elihu was resolved to fetch his knowledge from afar, he would