n Ea o rtton upon the 73o0 0 o B. Verf. i o. 2^ I \ Chap. 3G e% p.% P B ok of 1 , ..___--- not return to that matter, but referre the Reader thither. Only confider co what, or for what, the Lord is laid to open the ear. In the 3 3dChapter Elrhrs told us, that when the eyes of men are Phut ( deep fleepbeing fallen upon them) he openeth the ears of men, and fealcth then' inflra Rion. Here Elihaa faith, God having men under the red,. e openeth alfa their ear To difcipline. The Hebrew word is of the fame extra lion in bothplaces ; +i7int7 Inllruélion is for difcipline, and difcipline tends unte inflruetion AA cafîigatio- It is often rendred,chaffi foment, and generally figniftes any feve- ;e do: ecss re, courfe of infirucion or education, whereby we are drawn off abfp;frus,,,, ei from evil and unto good. When Elihas faith, He openeth their ear it iffa 8tfiplt- to difcipline, we may underhand it two wayes. nofeucorretlia- Firft, To fit them for infiru8ion, and counfel ; they heard neemeulentur. ( poflibly ) before, butnot with an open, that is, a ready and obe- dient ear. The ear is Chur, though we hear much, unlefs we fula- mit and conforme towhat we hear. The ear feldome opens fully till the Lord finites, as well as (peaks, and gives us both a word and ablow. Secondly, He openeth their ear to difcipline, that is, to hearken what Gods chahening or correélion fpeakes, or what he fpeaks byhis chahning, The Lord would not have his chahnings unpro- fitable, nor his rods without fruit tous, and therefore he openeth the ear to difcipline, and Chewed) us the meaning of fuch a crois or fcknefs, of fuck a lofs or afflib} ion ; Ile openeth theirear to df- cipline, Hence dote ; Firfl, It ù afpecial power ofGod which helps us to underfiand his natnd, either in his wordor in his worlds. We neit her underhand the dealings nor fayings of God, if left to our felves the heart of man is fhur, his ear is deaf, the ear of his heart ( that's the ear here intended ) till God fay (as in the Gofpel to the bodily ear ) Epbath4, Be thou opened,(Pr o. ao, t z.) The hearingear, and thefeeing eye, the Lord is the maker ofthem both r' `That's a great truth ; Fir[l, of the fenfárive ear and eye ; 'cis the Lordwho bath made the one to hearond the other to fee, as he told Mofes (Exod4.11.) and as 'cis faid,(Pfai.94. r9.). Secondly,
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