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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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Secondly, Note; Whether we know little or much, this is the perfection of our knowledge, honestly to employ and improve it, for the information of the ignorant, and the conviction of those who are in error.
Secondly, Note; Whether we know little or much, this is the perfection of our knowledge, honestly to imploy and improve it, for the information of the ignorant, and the conviction of those who are in errour.
If we have but one Talent of knowledge, yet if we use it well, we are perfect in knowledge. They who have digged (as they think) to the heart, and dived to the bottom of all Sciences, yea into the heart of the Scriptures too, yet if they keep their knowledge to themselves, or know only for themselves, if they have base ends and by respects, in vending their knowledge, if they trade with their knowledge for self only, or to do mischief to others, their knowledge is not only utterly imperfect, but, as to any good account, nothing, or none at all. As he that slothfully hides his Talent, so he, who either vain-gloriously shows it, or deceitfully useth it, shall be numbered among those who have none, (Math. 25.29. Luke 8.18.)
If we have but one Talent of knowledge, yet if we use it well, we are perfect in knowledge. They who have digged (as they think) to the heart, and dived to the bottom of all Sciences, yea into the heart of the Scriptures too, yet if they keep their knowledge to themselves, or know only for themselves, if they have base ends and by respects, in vending their knowledge, if they trade with their knowledge for self only, or to do mischief to others, their knowledge is not only utterly imperfect, but, as to any good account, nothing, or none at all. As he that slothfully hides his Talent, so he, who either vain-gloriously shews it, or deceitfully useth it, shall be numbred among those who have none, (Math. 25.29