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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 39 › Verse 13-18
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Lastly, What wisdom and understanding hath God imparted to his people, and how thankful should they be for it, that they are able, while on earth, to converse and have communion with himself in heaven! The Apostle saith (Phil. 3.20.) Our conversation is in heaven; with whom there? with God. True believers know how to converse with God, and can say (in their measure, as the Apostle John, 1 Ephes. 1.3.) Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and his Son Jesus Christ. This wisdom hath God imparted to his faithful servants, and how thankful should they be for it! The least ray of wisdom is from him; that in beasts, and that in common men, much more that in godly men. The wisest in the world would have had no more wisdom than an Ostrich, had not God provided better for them, and given them a richer furniture of internals or intellectuals.
Further, consider this Ostrich as a goodly bird, having beautiful feathers, yet not a dram of wisdom or understanding.
Hence Note, Fourthly; Many creatures have a bodily beauty and strength, yet little wit and understanding.