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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 5-6
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Sixthly, If the Lord be so mighty in Wisdom, that he only is Wise, then beware of trusting to your own wisdom, or of being wise in your own eyes. That's the counsel of Solomon the wise, (Prov. 3.5.) Lean not to thy own understanding. We are apt to lean too much to the understanding of others; if we have such a wise man to counsel us, we think all's safe, we are Cock-sure (as we say) the work cannot miscarry. 'Tis dangerous to lean to the understanding of others, but much more to lean to our own. Remember God is only Wise, and we never show our selves more fools, than when we lean to our own wisdom, or think to carry it by our own wit, and so depart from the wisdom of God. Therefore be fools, be nothing in your own wisdom, and you shall be wise with the wisdom of God.
Sixthly, If the Lord be so mighty in Wisdome, that he only is Wise, then beware of trusting to your own wisdom, or of being wise in your own eyes. That's the counsel of Solomon the wise, (Prov. 3.5.) Lean not to thy own understanding. We are apt to lean too much to the understanding of others; if we have such a wise man to counsel us, we think all's safe, we are Cock-sure (as we say) the work cannot miscarry. 'Tis dangerous to lean to the understanding of others, but much more to lean to our own. Remember God is only Wise, and we never shew our selves more fools, than when we lean to our own wisdome, or think to carry it by our own wit, and so depart from the wisdome of God. Therefore be fools, be nothing in your own wisdom, and you shall be wise with the wisdome of God.
Thus I have prosecuted the Text according to our Translation.
There is yet another reading as to both the parts of this 5th verse, which I shall touch a little, because they are much insisted upon by Learned Interpreters.