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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.
But I conceive, we need not insist strictly upon this; For whether we compare these two senses in their several operations to wise men, or whether we compare them in their operations one with another, yet (according to the sense of our translation) the meaning of Elihu is the same, namely, that those wise men to whom he spake, should not only hear but try what they heard, because they had received a power so to do; for the ear trieth words, even at the mouth tasteth meat.
But I conceive, we need not insist strictly upon this; For whether we compare these two senses in their severall operations to wise men, or whether we compare them in their operations one with another, yet (according to the sense of our translation) the meaning of Elihu is the same, namely, that those wise men to whom he spake, should not only hear but try what they heard, because they had received a power so to do; for the ear tryeth words, even at the mouth tasteth meat.
There is a twofold ear, there is an outward ear,1 and an inward ear: And so a twofold trial: The outward ear trieth words of what signification they are, whether they are as we say good English, or Latin, &c. It trieth them also as to their grammatical sense, or the construction of what is spoken in the letter: The inward ear or understanding trieth them as to their logical sense, scope and tendency, as to their use, and force in the matter they are spoken to. Both ways the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat; only with this difference, that the trial which the mouth makes is merely sensitive, and both begun and perfected in the mouth; but the trial which the ear makes is chiefly intellectual, it is begun at the ear, but perfected by the understanding. It is the mind which judgeth, the ear only brings in the report of things to the mind.
There is a twofold eare, there is an outward eare,1 and an inward eare: And so a twofold tryall: The outward eare tryeth words of what signification they are, whether they are as we say good English, or Latine, &c. It tryeth them also as to their grammaticall sense, or the construction of what is spoken in the letter: The inward eare or understanding tryeth them as to their logicall sense, scope and tendency, as to their use, and force in the matter they are spoken to. Both wayes the eare tryeth words, as the mouth tasteth meate; only with this difference, that the tryall which the mouth makes is meerly sensitive, and both begun and perfected in the mouth; but the tryall which the ear makes is chiefly intellectuall, it is begun at the ear, but perfected by the understanding. It is the mind which judgeth, the eare only brings in the report of things to the mind.