Anf-03 v.iv.v.xix Pg 8
Luke viii. 8.
Not as if Christ, actuated with a diverse spirit, permitted a hearing which the Creator had refused; but because the exhortation followed the threatening. First came, “Ye shall hear with the ear, but shall not understand;” then followed, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” For they wilfully refused to hear, although they had ears. He, however, was teaching them that it was the ears of the heart which were necessary; and with these the Creator had said that they would not hear. Therefore it is that He adds by His Christ, “Take heed how ye hear,”4190 4190
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 8
VERSE (8) - :15 Mt 13:8,23 Mr 4:8,20 Joh 1:12,13; 3:3-5 Eph 2:10 Col 1:10