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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.
Again, Elihu is speaking here to wise and good men, yet how strictly doth he exhort them? Hear and give ear.
Againe, Elihu is speaking here to wise and good men, yet how strictly doth he exhort them? Heare and give eare.
Hence note.
Good men are often dull of hearing, and had need to be put forward.
Christ tells his Disciples that many are judicially so, and we know that all are naturally so (Math: 13.15.) and the Apostle tells the Hebrews they were so (Chap: 5.11.) where treating of Christ called of God, an high Priest after the order of Melchizedek, he concludeth, of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. But how did their dullness of hearing make those things hard to be spoken or uttered? may it not be easy enough for a man to utter that which others are dull to hear? I answer, the Apostles meaning seems to be this? It was hard for him to utter or expound them so, as they might perceive the clear truth of those great mysteries, because their internal ear, or apprehending faculty was weak and dull. There is a stopple in the ear of man, and 'tis hard to pull it out. When any one speaks to purpose, 'tis the duty of those that are