499 Chap. 3 3.. .An Expoftion opon dm Book of J B. Verf 3 3 Hence note, Firl}. There arenonefo wife, none fo holy, bat they may learnmore w,(dome, to beyet mote holy. 'Tis out of gpeflion, he wasnever good, who thinks he can be na better; nor. Both he yet know any thing aright, who faith he needs knownomore.. It is very fad :( which is the cafe of many, 2:7im. 3. 7.) to be ever learning, and never able.; to, come to the knowledgeofthe truth : Yet they who (through grace) have been enabled to come to the knowledge of the truth mull be ever learning ; and the more any man, cloth know, the more he Teeth rr his need, and the more willing he is,to be taught and knowmore. 7be feareofGod that is wifdome, faith fob, (Chap. 2R. 28.) and to departfrom evil!,-is readerflanding ; and. God: teflified of job that hefeared him, and efchewedevill,.in the firft verfe of this Booke ; now if fo wife, fo good a man as jobmightlearnetwif- :dome, let none,. thinlç themfelves - too wile or too good to learne.. Secondly, Note. True wifdome congs in the truek.mreledge ofourfelves, and of God. This was the theame or fubje& uponwhich Elihu inßf ed, he wasnot teachingTab humane, philofophicail,or naturall wifdome, butheavenly anddivine wifdome; the greatefl meere naturali l?hilofophers in the world ( which title founds them, lovers of wifdome)were meere firangers to that,which we call true wifdom; and (as the Apoffle charged] them, Rom. I. 21, 22. ) became vain in their imaginations, andtheir feoli fh heart,was darkened, pro. feJngthemfelves to be wife, they, becamefools, Thirdly, Note. There is nothing worth the learning or !mowing, but that "which makes us truly wife. For:that onlyfheweth us theway to be truly happy.. 'Tis our wifdome towork for a right.end, and thatwork cannever attain its end but by the choyce of rightmeans. 7hraugh defjre (faith ürr:úaÍ, Solomon, 1°rov. t8.. a.) a man having feparelted himfelf, Peek tb and intermedleth withallwifdome.: The defire of ,all things ( fay Naturalltls ) 11otUt w nip
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