Chap. T2 An Expofition upon the .Bool¿,of JOB. Verf. I T. 22 5 The woe d whica we tranflate try, lignifies exact tryall, a 3117 Probare' Te fe&exploration. Theear is the chief 1 ntfrument of the un- tentare , pe' ce Raiding the fente of difcipline. Here job.fpeaks not onlyof Hunts expls the outward ear e, but of the ear as it a&ti with the underftand. }'aree d7 diti ing, which nut only hears the found of words, or knows the En- Jere. expen- ghfl, of them,but dirt erns the meaning and (cope of thetas. This Aurem n n ex- Job e,pectaliy intendeth,when he faith, Theear tryethwords. re,nan tannin O!- ferv'e, imetlige 1 d& The ear mull do more than hear, inhearing it muff try what taste, a,;m i. heareth He tats that which is properly an a&of the under- um ijs P P P Y clam qu=dijs (landing upon toe ear,which is but an outward fence, namely to Tee aediuntur try the truth or fa+hhood of chofe things that are fpoken, TheO-r ell adhtben- riginal woz d for an ear(repretents us with this dutyofthe ear)be- dum, mere; ing in the dual number figrifie apair of ballances, to note, that snare,e idem wren weare heariag,weJhouldbe weighing c we thoul d put every eft nomen in word into the tc Ìe, as we receive it Dab not the ear try words ? Hebreo, `Vireo you have received a paceofgoldyou try ir, and teere is due emm au- a double tryal, a try al by the Torächjtone, and a tryal by the Bal- ms fins va lance. Every one that doubteth will go to the Touchftrne to lur btlances quibur expen- tr werher ir ..re good mettal or no, and he will go tohis hallan- dawn qua aua ces and cry whether it be weight or no. Thus when words are dimus. fpcken rho thould betryed,rryed by the touchflone and balance of the San&nary. An attentive ear, and a holy underftanding will never pit them among our treathres ofknowledge or lea- ding principles, till they have brought them to this tryal. The point Cayes a jutt reproof upon thofe wh, hear many woe ds, but try none. It is Paid of t',e Bereans (Ark 17 ) that when an Ancif e fpake they tryed his wo ds ; they might have trotted Paul as foon as anyman alive, that he would not put any falle coin upon them,rhat he would not fpeak a word that want- ed a gi sin of weih , yet their ears would try the words of Paul, t;.ough he fwkeby irrfpis ation immediatly from heaven,though he had an infallible Spirit. If this duty were abler%ed,if hearers would try words, fr many light pieces, light d( &tines, which bear no weight in the ballance of the Sat,&uary, would not be p mfedup, and prat in among our treafures. Many m,ke tr ea- tut eof light and erroneous chit, in; of bale coin, and counter- feit money : The reá'on is, Recanfe the ear doth not tr,,the un- drrftanding and ear joen nor together, Pfal. 62. t a Godbathfpo- kenonce,, and twìcehave Ibeard it; that is, he heard it with ois G g oept.
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