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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And therefore this opening of the ear imports the removing ⟨p. 291⟩or taking away of that (whatsoever it is) which hinders the effectual hearing or obeying of those messages which God sends to men. When God spake in a dream, he did more then speak,1 he opened the ear, yea, he gave an ear to hear: This powerful work of God upon the heart is elegantly expressed by opening the ear, because when the ears are stopped, we cannot hear, till that which stops them is plucked out or taken away; so that here we have speaking with effect, or the clear and penetrating power of the Spirit of God sweetly and prevailingly insinuating his mind to man. God speaks so as he will be heard.
And therefore this opening of the eare imports the removing ⟨p. 291⟩or taking away of that (whatsoever it is) which hinders the effectuall hearing or obeying of those messages which God sends to men. When God spake in a dream, he did more then speak,1 he open'd the ear, yea, he gave an eare to hear: This powerfull work of God upon the heart is elegantly expressed by opening the eare, because when the ears are stopt, we cannot hear, till that which stops them is pluckt out or taken away; so that here we have speaking with effect, or the cleare and penetrating power of the Spirit of God sweetly and prevailingly insinuating his mind to man. God speaks so as he will be heard.
- 1aliquid in illorum aures in susussirare vellet deducebat defluentes copillos et in apertes aures tacito •••mure aliquid instillabat. Sanct: Cinthius aurem vellit et admonuit, &c. Horat. Loquitur et audire facit. Aurem revelare vel aperire est insinuare aliquid auribus animisque quod intimis sensibus reponendum sit. Clariorem et penetrantiorem insinuationem voluntatis divinae denotat. Coc: