They make a noise with words; but thou givest to understand them.
*3. Let not therefore Moses speak unto me, but thou, my Lord God, the everlasting truth; lest I die, and prove unfruitful, if I be warned outwardly only, and not inflamed within.
Let not the word heard and not fulfilled, known and not loved, believed and not observed, turn to my condemnation.
Speak therefore, Lord, for thy servant heareth; for thou hast the words of eternal life.
*Speak, unto me, to the comfort of my soul, and to the amendment of my whole life, and to thy praise and glory, and everlasting honour.
CHAPTER III.
That the words of God are to be heard with humility, and that many weigh them not.
Christ.SON, hear my words, words of the greatest sweetness, excelling all the knowledge of the philosophers and wise men of this world.
My words are spirit and life, not to be weighed by the understanding of man.