Chap, 34. /In Expef:tion open the Bo& of J o B. Verf.i6. 6o5 now about to fay ; I have not yet done, I have not yet brought out all my. reafons & arguments,' have not emptied my treafures, I have yet more to fay, Hear this : A third fort refer thefe hor- tatory words, hear this, in the former part of the verfe, to what he had already fpoken, and thofe in the latter part of the verfe, hearken to thevoice o fmy words, towhat he hadyet to fpeak ; but it is not much to the matter towhichwe: refer them, it being clear, that what he had faid,and what he had ro fay,was matter of weight ;- and fohear this, is emphatical, this great, thisdeep,this ufefid and noceffary point of DolIrine, which I alreadyhave decla- red, or am now about to declare unto thee.. Hence Note. That which we hear, we,fhould labour tounderfland;` ('Cpl. 3. 16.) Let the word of Chrifl dwell in you richly; in all wifdom-; It is not enough tohear the word with our ears, or to have it inour mouths, It muff dwell in our memories, and itmull dwell there, not inabeggerly poor fafhion, butrichly ; which it never doth, tillwe have a found andclear underilanding of it,and are both in heart ardlife conformed to ir, yea transformed into thatis it which the Apoffle meaneth by the dwelling of the- ward in us richly in all wifdome. And he further affureth them (chap. 2. 1, 2.) that he had agreat confliW. for them ; that is (as we put in the Margin)hehad a great fearor care ofthem,that their hearts might be comforted, beingknit together inlove, and unto all riches of the full affuranceofunderflanding, to the acknowledge- ment of the my/erie of God, and ofthe Father, -andof Chrifi-, in whom are hid all the treafures of wifdomeandknowledge. He had held forth thofe great myfferies, the myflerieof God confidered effentially, the myflerie of the Father confideredperfonally, the myflerie of Chriff confideredmediatorily; and therefore he pref- feth them to get afull affurance of underflanding about all thefe myfieries.WhenChrift was difcourfing with his difciples after his ,. reCurre Lion, (Luke 24. 45.) iris faid,He opened theirnnderflasd- ing, that theymight underfland the Scriptures ; and then they did not take in what he fpake only at the ear, but at the heart alfo. Thus (acts 16: 14.) The Lordopened the heartof Lydia,thatfl e - attended unto the things whichwere fpoken ofPaul; that is,hegave her an.inward ear, and.caufed.her tounderfland the things which he fpake, . Second,-
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