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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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The Ostrich hath more beautiful wings than the Eagle, yet makes little use of them. We may in appearance be fit to do that which we cannot do.
Thirdly, God doth not usually give all to one: He bestows one thing upon this creatures, and that upon another.
The Ostrich hath goodly feathers, yet bad wings; the Eagle hath no goodly feathers, yet good wings. One man excess in this gift, another in that, scarce any one hath all (1 Cor. 12.8, 9, 10.) All have not the same gift, and none have all gifts, that all may be kept in dependence upon God, and be humble one towards another, seeing they must be beholding one to another. All men cannot do all things; And though all godly men can do all things (which are commanded of God as their duty) through Christ strengthening of them; yet some godly men cannot do some things, which others can.
The Ostrich hath goodly feathers, yet bad wings; the Eagle hath no goodly feathers, yet good wings. One man excess in this gift, another in that, scarce any one hath all (1 Cor. 12.8, 9, 10.) All have not the same gift, and none have all gifts, that all may be kept in dependance upon God, and be humble one towards another, seeing they must be beholding one to another. All men cannot do all things; And though all godly men can do all things (which are commanded of God as their duty) through Christ strengthning of them; yet some godly men cannot do some things, which others can.