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We must own
knowledge, and skill, and wisdom to come from God, Jam_1:5. These are beams of light shining in us from the Father of lights, and a man can receive nothing of this unless it be given him from above, Joh_3:27.
Object. But was not this magic, and was not this learning forbidden as abomination to the Lord, Deu_18:9-14?
Answ. The Chaldeans used lawful arts and sciences, and unlawful; these four young men, Daniel and his companions, used only those that were lawful; rejecting all that wisdom which is sensual, carnal, and devilish, Jam_3:15. In all visions and dreams; not in idle, vain, and lying, but in such as were sent of God, and predictions of things to come, as Num_12:6, such as the prophets had. Such was that of Nebuchadnezzar.