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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.
The ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat; God hath given man a faculty for that end, and he is to use his faculty. We commonly fail, Look before you leap. Surely then we should taste before we eat, and prove all things whether they are good or no, before we (electively) hold that which is good. (1 Thes. 5.21.) The noble Bereans received the word with all readiness of mind; yet they would make no more hast then good speed to receive it, for (as the Text saith, Acts 17.11.) They searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so.
The eare tryeth words as the mouth tasteth meat; God hath given man a faculty for that end, and he is to use his faculty. We commonly fay, Look before you leape. Surely then we should tast before we eate, and prove all things whether they are good or no, before we (electively) hold that which is good. (1 Thes. 5.21.) The noble Bereans received the word with all readinesse of mind; yet they would make no more hast then good speed to receive it, for (as the Text saith, Acts 17.11.) They searched the Scriptures dayly whether those things were so.
Fourthly, Here are two Organs of sense spoken of, the ear and the mouth, both are of great use to man, but one of them, the ear is of a more frequent and noble use. Beasts have both mouths and ears; but because theirs is only a sensitive life, they make more use of their mouths then of their ears. Whereas man whose life is rational, yea and spiritual too, must or ought to make more use of his ears then of his mouth.
Fourthly, Here are two Organs of sense spoken of, the ear and the mouth, both are of great use to man, but one of them, the eare is of a more frequent and noble use. Beasts have both mouths and eares; but because theirs is only a sensitive life, they make more use of their mouths then of their eares. Whereas man whose life is rationall, yea and spirituall too, must or ought to make more use of his eares then of his mouth.