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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
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Fourthly, There are very few who hear and hearken to all the words of righteousness and salvation. As some though they hear all, yet hearken to halves, so others will hear but half, or only so much as pleaseth them of what is spoken. When the King of Judah (Jer: 36.23.) had the Role brought to him which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, he heard three or four leaves of it read to him as he sate by the fire, and then he caused it to be cut with a penknife and cast into the fire; He did not read it out, he had enough of it, he had (as we say) his belly full, but his heart was altogether empty, he was very angry and vexed at the word, but not at all humbled nor affected with it; and therefore would not hear all those words.
Fourthly, There are very few who heare and hearken to all the words of righteousnesse and salvation. As some though they heare all, yet hearken to halves, so others will heare but halfe, or only so much as pleaseth them of what is spoken. When the King of Judah (Jer: 36.23.) had the Role brought to him which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, he heard three or foure leaves of it read to him as he sate by the fire, and then he caused it to be cut with a penknife and cast into the fire; He did not read it out, he had enough of it, he had (as we say) his belly full, but his heart was altogether empty, he was very angry and vext at the word, but not at all humbled nor affected with it; and therefore would not heare all those words.
Again, To hearken is to obey, to submit and yield up our selves to the truth we hear. Samuel tells Saul (1 Sam: 15.22.) To obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken then the fat of Rams; to obey and to hearken is the same thing; the obedient ear is the hearkening ear. Mine ear hast thou opened (saith Christ, Psal: 40.6.) This opening or digging of his ear (as we put in the Margin) signified his readiness to obey, as 'tis expressed (v. 7, 8.) Then said I lo I come; I delight to do thy will O my God. And in reference to this he had said before (v: 6.) Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required; that is, for themselves, or comparatively to that, which in the volume of thy book is written of me, that I should do. Which clearly expounds and is almost the same in terms with that of Samuel; To obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken, then the fat of Rams. Thus Elihu presseth Job to hearken to all his words obedientially, or to hearken with a purpose to obey. Take a few Considerations, why we should both hear and hearken to, that is, obey, the whole mind of God, all those words which have the stamp of divine authority upon them.