614 Chap. 21. An Expojition 'Ion the Boob of J o a. Verf. z. with the concernments ofeternity; There is a found, lea a fa- vour in them o f life, or death, ofheaven, or hell, of falyafion or damnation for ever. Words of this worth, of thefe con- cernments, call for double hearing : Diligent hearing is more then due in matters thus weightie ; We have reafon to heare that word judicioufly, by which we mull be judged ; to heare as for our lives, when we are hearing the wordof life. The fpeaker bath then reafon to cry aloud,heare diligently myfpeech, and the hearer bath reafon to anfwer , I will attend with diligence. Thirdly, job had b_fore and he'doth it here stain ) cal- led his friends to diligent hearing, I doe not finde in all his difcourfe that he called upon them to anfwer, or provoked them to fpeake, but [till to heare, he is frequent upon that ; He thought them forward enough with their tongues, bat too nowwith their cares. Hence note Man is more readie to[peal¿, yea tojudge andcenfureothers, thenhe it toheare. lob's friends came quick upon him with their cenfures and replyes, they were ready with their tongues to cenfure, and reprove him ; But he fuppofed them dull ofhearing, or flight in weighing what they heard. The Apoilles exhortation intim mates that molt men are readier to fpeak then to heare,or that they who are readieft to fpeak, are often indiligentinhearing, ( ram. I. 19.) Mybeloved brethren, let every man beDrift to heare, flow tofpeak, floc to wrath ; He puts a bridle upon the tongue, but (as it were) fpurs the care, 73e/wift to heare. I have from other paffages (Chap. i a a. Chap, a8. a.) noted this b;fore, and therefore Ionly touch it. Heart diligently my (peecb. And let this beyour confolatisn. Let this, whatas that? your attention to me let that be your confolation. The word which we render confolation, fignifies r1 t doluit three things in the verbe. '4"12 in! 'ser FirD, To grieve, or to be forrowfull, whether uponour own account, or upon the account ofothers : to be forrow- full
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