We have heard with our ears, O God
The church being in distress calls to mind the past favours of
God to his people, in order to encourage her faith and hope; and
this expression, delivered in such a form, shows the clearness,
evidence, and certainty of what was heard; and which was heard
not only as a tradition from father to son; but being recorded in
the writings of Moses and the prophets, and these things read
both in private and in public, were heard with the ear;
our fathers have told us [what] works thou didst in their
days, in the
times of old:
such as the signs and wonders in Egypt, the slaying of the
firstborn there, and the bringing of the people of Israel from
thence with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; which fathers
were used to tell in the ears of their sons, and sons' sons; and
of which there were memorials continued in future ages, which led
children to ask their parents the meaning of them; when they
informed them of the wondrous works of Providence done in former
times, and by which means they were handed down from age to age:
see ( Exodus
10:2 ) ( 12:26 ) (
13:8 ) .