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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 38 › Verse 16-18
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First, The due order of the Affections, when they shall ever be set upon right objects, and upon them in a right measure.
Secondly, The due motion of the Will, when it shall ever choose that which is good, and nothing but good.
Secondly, The due motion of the Will, when it shall ever chuse that which is good, and nothing but good.
Thirdly, The clear and unerring light of the Understanding. The proper object of the Understanding is truth. The chief ornament and delight of the Understanding is the knowledge of the truth. And the Understanding is not more debased and dishonoured by not endeavouring to know, than an understanding man is vexed and troubled, when he cannot compass the knowledge of that which he desires and endeavours to know. Indeed Solomon (the most knowing man among all the sons of men) hath concluded (Eccles. 1.15.) That in much wisdom there is much grief, and that he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Yet this grief and sorrow arise not from knowledge attained, but from the great pains, study, and travel, which we take in this world for the attainment of it; or from the doubts and uncertainties which remain in our minds about many things, when we have got the best and clearest knowledge of them attainable in this life: Whereas in our heavenly state, we shall neither have any trouble in getting knowledge, nor shall any doubt or uncertainty remain in our minds about the things we know. For the beautiful face of truth, shall in a moment be unveiled to us, and the curtain drawn away by the hand of God, which interposed between us and the light; so that, there shall not any mist or darkness, not any doubt or scruple hang in our minds about any truth.