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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.
We may learn a good lesson from the practice of Elihu; we see he was no idle hearer; yea in him we have the description or character of an active hearer; I waited for your words, I gave ear to your reasonings, while ye searched out what to say.
We may learne a good lesson from the practice of Elihu; we see he was no idle hearer; yea in him we have the description or character of an active hearer; I waited for your words, I gave eare to your reasonings, while ye searched out what to say.
Hence note.
We must diligently hear and give ear, weigh and consider what is spoken, before we give answer.
We must diligently heare and give eare, weigh and consider what is spoken, before we give answer.
No man is well prepared to answer, but he that hath been an attentive hearer. And as no man can be a fit answerer in points under disputation, so no man can be a fruitful practiser in points of instruction, but he that hath been a diligent hearer. 'Tis our duty, when the word is preached, to wait, not for a sound of words, not for fine words, or words dressed up with affected eloquence, but for sound savoury words, for words that have