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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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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 ⟨p. 145⟩not take up, nor trouble Job with things that were obvious, common, or easy to be had, but bring what he had to say out of the closest Cabinets, and utter conceptions, which were most remote from the common road.
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 lyes 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 ⟨p. 145⟩not take up, nor trouble Job with things that were obvious, common, or easie to be had, but bring what he had to say out of the closest Cabinets, and utter conceptions, which were most remote from the common road.
- 1Ex ramotis sed necessariis principiū agam, non noviter excogitata seda principio cognita, et accuratè paremeditata proseram. Scult.