Chap. 34 fin Expoftion upon the Book,, of Jos, Vert. 3. $01 thawed ir, tallst, and makes a judgementpf it Thus wife men deal with all they hear;fo that,lookwhat thefe two natural facul- ties doe with naturali things ; with words naturally fpoken, with meat naturally eaten;the fame they who arewife and knowingdo towhat is fpoken fpirituallyand rationally, they try and-judge ir. But I conceive, we need not infifi.Ilri6elyuponthis ; For whe- ther we compare thefe two fenfes in their feverall operations to. wife men, or whetherwe compare them in their operations one with another, yet ( according to the fenfe of our eradiation ) the meaning of Elihu is the fame, namely, that chofe wife men to whom he fpake,fhóuld not only hear but trywhat they heard, be- caufe they had received a power fo todo;for the ear tryeth work, evenat themouth rafteth meat. There is a twofold Bare, there is an outward Bare, and an in- Awls interns wardeare : And foa twofold tryall : The outward Bare tryeth dicifte A, rte words of. what fignification theyare, whether they are aswe fay tun in Grsca goodEnglifh, or Latine,&c. It tryeth them alto as to their gram- editioaepre s, maticall fenfe, or the conlcru&ion of what is fpoken in the letter : cum fit ip,/a The inwardBare or underflanding tryeth them as to their logical) mens, 4uhe ver- fenfe, fcope and tendency, as to their ufe, and force in the matter ha et rain they are fpoken to. Both wayes the care tryeth words,ar themouth d "` Druf, taftzethaseate;;. only with this difference, that the tryall which the mouthmakes is meerly fenfitive, andboth begun and perfe&ed in themouth ; but the tryall which the ear makes is chiefly inrel__ lee*uall,it is begun at the ear, but perfeledby the underffanding. It is the mind whichjudgeth, the eare only brings in the report of things to the mind, - HenceNote, Firíl, The ofhearing is agreat mercy, and of great ufe to mankind. Theeare is the chiefe Gateor inlet to the foul nor were our Aurem audlen. cares given only for an Ornament to the head, but for theenrich- remdicit audi- ing andbettering of the heart. Thenaturally rationall care given torero verbi toheare and trywords is a mercy ; but when a fpirituall ratio- beüentem. Y Belo.. nail ear is given with it to heare and try words, that's a mercy in- deed. Solomonfaith (Prev. 2©. 12. ) The hearing eare, and the feting' eye, the Lord hath made even both ofthem. Thefe natural) finCes are.of Gods owncreztioú$anfl the ufe of themhis Wetting, yet,
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