An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
Author: Joseph Caryl

An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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He that is wise, and instructs: or he that is wise as having received instruction, may be profitable to himself. All wisdom is not profitable to man, for there is a wisdom of which the Scripture saith, that God will destroy it; a man cannot profit himself by that; and there is a wisdom which is earthly sensual and devilish (Jam. 3.15.) A man (be he never so wise according to this wisdom) shall not profit himself by it. There are a sort of wise men whom the Lord will take in their craftiness (1 Cor. 3.19.) and how can such profit themselves by their wisdom? There are wise men whose thoughts the Lord knoweth to be but vain, that is, unprofitable, therefore these cannot profit themselves: Then what is that wisdom which Eliphaz means when he saith, He that is wise may be profitable to himself?

He that is wise, and instructs: or he that is wise as having received instruction, may be profitable to himselfe. All wisedome is not profitable to man, for there is a wisedome of which the Scripture saith, that God will destroy it; a man cannot profit himselfe by that; and there is a wisedome which is earthly sensuall and devillish (Jam. 3.15.) A man (be he never so wise according to this wisedome) shall not profit himselfe by it. There are a sort of wise men whom the Lord will take in their craftinesse (1 Cor. 3.19.) and how can such profit themselves by their wisedome? There are wise men whose thoughts the Lord knoweth to be but vaine, that is, unprofitable, therefore these cannot profit themselves: Then what is that wisedome which Eliphaz means when he saith, He that is wise may be profitable to himselfe?

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I answer, The wise man here intended is not the man that is politicly wise, worldly wise, carnally or craftily wise, but the man spiritually wise, his wisdom will bring him in profit. He that is guided by holy and godly wisdom, shall reap the benefit and eat the fruit of it. We have such wisdom

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