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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 19-21
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The horse hath much strength, and he rejoiceth in it. This appears in all things; If we have much riches, how apt are we to rejoice in them! If we have much wisdom, or understanding, or parts, how apt are we to rejoice in them! and therefore the Lord gives us that caveat (Jer. 9.23.) Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom (as if he had said, If a man have a great deal of wisdom, or but a little more than his neighbour, he will be glorying in it, as the horse in his strength) and let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor the rich man glory in his riches. All these stops upon glorying, show, that what we have much of, we are apt to glory in.
The horse hath much strength, and he rejoyceth in it. This appears in all things; If we have much riches, how apt are we to rejoyce in them! If we have much wisdom, or understanding, or parts, how apt are we to rejoyce in them! and therefore the Lord gives us that caveat (Jer. 9.23.) Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom (as if he had said, If a man have a great deal of wisdom, or but a little more than his neighbour, he will be glorying in it, as the horse in his strength) and let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor the rich man glory in his riches. All these stops upon glorying, shew, that what we have much of, we are apt to glory in.
Note, Thirdly; To rejoice in any strength, or in any thing but in God and his favour, or as we enjoy God in any thing, is brutish, 'tis to rejoice as the horse.
Note, Thirdly; To rejoyce in any strength, or in any thing but in God and his favour, or as we enjoy God in any thing, is bruitish, 'tis to rejoyce as the horse.