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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.
Here's hearing, and hearkening, to hearken is more then to ⟨p. 145⟩hear; to hear is barely to receive the sound of words; but to hearken is to take up the sense of them, or as it were to suck out the strength and sweetness of them; to hearken is to weigh or ponder every tittle spoken, and take the value of it. The word in the text, which signifies to hearken, hath a singular elegance in it. One of the Rabbins renders, Ear my words; hear my words and Ear them. The same word which in the verb signifies to hearken, which is the work of the ear, signifies also the ear, or instrument of that work in the noun. To ear words, notes the most diligent attention, as to eye a thing, notes the most accurate inspection. The word signifies also the beam of a balance, because by the ear, or by the two ears (as by a balance) words are tried and poised, whether they are weighty and solid, or light and chaffy; when Elihu saith, hearken to, or weigh my words, he intimates that he meant to speak words which had worth in them, or that he meant to speak matter more then words. And therefore he would not have a word lost, Hearken, saith he, To all my words.
Here's hearing, and hearkening, to hearken is more then to ⟨p. 145⟩heare; to heare is barely to receive the sound of words; but to hearken is to take up the sense of them, or as it were to suck out the strength and sweetnesse of them; to hearken is to weigh or ponder every tittle spoken, and take the value of it. The word in the text, which signifies to hearken, hath a singular elegancy in it. One of the Rabbins renders, Eare my words; heare my words and Eare them. The same word which in the verbe signifies to hearken, which is the worke of the eare, signifies also the eare, or instrument of that worke in the noune. To eare words, notes the most diligent attention, as to eye a thing, notes the most accurate inspection. The word signifies also the beam of a ballance, because by the eare, or by the two ears (as by a ballance) words are tryed and poysed, whether they are weighty and solid, or light and chaffy; when Elihu saith, hearken to, or weigh my words, he intimates that he meant to speak words which had worth in them, or that he meant to speak matter more then words. And therefore he would not have a word lost, Hearken, saith he, To all my words.