An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Further, When the Lord saith, Declare if thou knowest it all, his meaning is not, If thou hast any knowledge at all about it all; for there is no wise, no understanding man, but hath some measure or degree of knowledge as about the depth of the Sea, so about the breadth and measures of the Earth: but the meaning of these words, Declare, if thou knowest it all, is, if thou knowest the all of it, if thou knowest it throughly: For, as these words have reference to the object to be known, so to the manner of knowing. There are many that know something, and some that know many things; yet none that know all things, no not the all of any one thing. The Apostle speaking of spiritual things, saith, We know in part; and the truth is, we know but a part of natural things, of the sea, of the earth, and we know them but in part. So then, when the Lord saith, If thou knowest it all, his meaning may be this, if thou hast a distinct and demonstrative knowledge of the thing, Declare it. I know thou mayest give conjectures, and propose probabilities; but I know also, that thou neither knowest it all, nor the all of it. God hath given us a certain knowledge about things that refer to eternity, and to salvation, to them we must stick and abide by them; but as to these things, all that we know, is but little, and about that little we labour under many uncertainties. Declare if thou knowest it all.

Further, When the Lord saith, Declare if thou knowest it all, his meaning is not, If thou hast any knowledge at all about it all; for there is no wise, no understanding man, but hath some measu•e or degree of knowledge as about the depth of the Sea, so about the breadth and measures of the Earth: but the meaning of these words, Declare, if thou knowest it all, is, if thou knowest the all of it, if thou knowest it throughly: For, as these words have reference to the object to be known, so to the manner of knowing. There are many that know something, and some that know many things; yet none that know all things, no not the all of any one thing. The Apostle speaking of spiritual things, saith, We know in part; and the truth is, we know but a part of natural things, of the sea, of the earth, and we know them but in part. So then, when the Lord saith, If thou knowest it all, his meaning may be this, if thou hast a distinct and demonstrative knowledge of the thing, Declare it. I know thou mayest give conjectures, and propose probabilities; but I know also, that thou neither knowest it all, nor the all of it. God hath given us a certain knowledge about things that refer to eternity, and to salvation, to them we must stick and abide by them; but as to these things, all that we know, is but little, and about that little we labour under many uncertainties. Declare if thou knowest it all.