An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

The Hebrew word is of the same extraction in both places;¹ Instruction is for discipline, and discipline tends unto instruction. It is often rendered, chastisement, and generally signifies any severer course of instruction or education, whereby we are drawn off from evil and unto good. When Elihu saith, He openeth their ear to discipline, we may understand it two ways.

The Hebrew word is of the same extraction in both places;¹ Instruction is for discipline, and discipline tends unto instruction. It is often rendred, chastisement, and generally signifies any severer course of instruction or education, whereby we are drawn off from evil and unto good. When Elihu saith, He openeth their ear to discipline, we may understand it two wayes.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Ad castigationem, i. e. Ne castigatio sit eis absque fructu, vel ut ista disciplino seu correctione emendentur. Pisc:〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Ad castigationem, i. e. Ne castigatio sit eis absque fructu, vel ut ista disciplino seu correctione emendentur. Pisc:

First, To fit them for instruction, and counsel; they heard (possibly) before, but not with an open, that is, a ready and obedient ear. The ear is shut, though we hear much, unless we submit and conform to what we hear. The ear seldom opens fully till the Lord smites, as well as speaks, and gives us both a word and a blow.

First, To fit them for instruction, and counsel; they heard (possibly) before, but not with an open, that is, a ready and obedient ear. The ear is shut, though we hear much, unless we submit and conforme to what we hear. The ear seldome opens fully till the Lord smites, as well as speaks, and gives us both a word and a blow.