6 Chap. 32. An Expofstion upon the Book of J o s. Verf.i weight and light in them , for words that have firength and au- thority in them , to prevaile upon the heart, and conquer us te, obedience. Thefeare the only words, worth the waiting for and for there we ought to waite. Secondly , Before E1hu comes to give his opinion, he tells labs friends, that he had diligently heard the matter out, even all,their reafonings and fearchings. Hence note. we mu§ not mo.ke a judgement from any one part of a dif= courfc , we muff take, all together. We mutt compare the rrff and lafl, the Alpha and Omega, die beginning and ending of what is fayd ; We mull looke qui _e through. 'Tis not ingenuous to . picke up this or that paffage, to take a piece here , and apiece there ; we can never make a true judgemenr, till the whole is layd together. As, many ex- ceedingly millake about" the works of God, fo about the words of men,becaufe they judge the whole by this or that part:Where- as they fhould judge of the parts by the whole. As the.efore we ought not to make concluions about the providential( works of God, till the lafl Adl, or till all is concluded ; to we mull not judge the.difcourfes amen, till the laßt word, or till they have concluded their. difcourfe. Heare a man out, and then anìwer. him. ri& equoamen Thirdly , Elihu feemes tochalenge it as his due to be heard tionemfrbicon- ,fpeake,after he had fully heard them fpealçing. cilia. Mac: Hence note, Theywhohave had the patience to heare others, ought to have the priviledge ofbeing heard themfelves. Beareme, faith EL/ru ; Why"fo ? I have heard you. Ir is' but equal( and rational(; that he (mould hive libùrty of (peaking, who hath (hewed an attentive perseverance in hearing. From the laßt branch.of the verte,whsle yeJearehed out what to fqy Obferve,_ We ought to ponder and 'try what we fpeal{e, before we fpeuk,p it. á'he werke of the tonguemull follow that of the underhand, lug.,
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