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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 1-3
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Words against knowledge are the worst words that can be spoken; the Lord did not charge Job thus far: words without knowledge are very bad, and thus far the Lord charged the words of Job, as also with that which is an unavoidable effect of such words, ⟨p. 26⟩The darkening of counsel.
Words against knowledge are the worst words that can be spoken; the Lord did not charge Job thus far: words without knowledge are very bad, and thus far the Lord charged the words of Job, as also with that which is an unavoidable effect of such words, ⟨p. 26⟩The darkening of c•unsel.
Counsel, in the general nature of it, is light desired and held out; to give counsel is to give light in and about any matter. And therefore surely he that darkeneth counsel, commits a very great fault, yea, a solecism or absurdity in morals. Counsel is the election or choice of proper means to a good end; or, Counsel is go d advices given, and (ought to be) received about things to be done. Hence the whole directive pa•t of the Word of God is called Counsel (Psal. 73.24. Prov. 1.25, 30.) The doctrine of Reconciliation unto God by Christ is called, The Counsel of Peace (Zech. 6.13.) David, speaking of wicked proud men saith (Psal. 19.6.) You have shamed the Counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge: As if it were poor counsel, and such as we may be ashamed of, to advise any to put their trust in God. They darken Counsel indeed who are ashamed of it, or who shame it.