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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.
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 ⟨p. 76⟩weight and light in them, for words that have strength and authority in them, to prevail upon the heart, and conquer us to obedience. These are the only words, worth the waiting for; and for these we ought to wait.
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 poynts under disputation, so no man can be a fruitfull practiser in poynts of instruction, but he that hath been a diligent hearer. 'Tis our duty, when the word is preacht, to waite, not for a sound of words, not for fine words, or words dressed up with affected eloquence, but for sound savory words, for words that have ⟨p. 76⟩weight and light in them, for words that have strength and authority in them, to prevaile upon the heart, and conquer us to obedience. These are the only words, worth the waiting for; and for these we ought to waite.
Secondly, Before Elihu comes to give his opinion, he tells Jobs friends, that he had diligently heard the matter out, even all their reasonings and searchings.
Hence note.