A35538:1697
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 39 › Verse 13-18
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gold and silver cannot purchase it, nor can our pains procure it. What man receives not, he hath not; nor hath any man more than he hath received. Now if common wisdom be of God, and we owe him the glory of it; how much more is spiritual wisdom, which is to fear him, and spiritual understanding, which is to depart from evil (Job 28. ult.) the gift of God!
gold and silver cannot purchase it, nor can our pains procure it. What man receives not, he hath not; nor hath any man more than he hath received. Now if common wisdom be of God, and we owe him the glory of it; how much more is spirirual wisdom, which is to fear him, and spiritual understanding, which is to depart from evil (Job 28. ult.) the gift of God!
What a mercy is it to have wisdom,
First, To know God in Christ, whom to know is eternal life.