Chap. rr. .An Expofition upon the Tools of JOB. Verf.rr. 75 (it is this word) that is, Thou ¡halt not fpeak ra(h!y of the things bf God, or of God himfelf,without reverence and premeditation, who God is, and what the errand is thou dealer} with God about. Fur . , The word fgnifies craft , deceit, lying, anyfalfene wheth Y heart or tongue. The Lord knoweth the falfenefle, bate- neffe and corruption , as well as the inconfiderateneffe and ra(h- neffe that lies in the heart ofman ; fome render it fo here from the letter of the Hebrew The Lordk,noweth men to be tiers or, 1lrovit ,omir.e,t > > mendaces. thofe men who are liens. Idols are exgre¡fed by this word becaufe Pagn. they are vain , lying , false gods, Son. 3.8. They thatfollow lying Trines f`aljs- vanities (whichmaybe either meant of wor(hipping Idols, or of tatis. Cal any tinfoil way ofpraftice) forfake their ownmercies. So Pfal.62. v. y, Surelymen of lowdegree are vanity , and men ofhigh degree are a lie , to be layed in the balance, they are altogether lighter then' vanity. Vanity is a light thing; but thefe men will prove the lighter of the two. The CitizenofSion is one, that bath not life up his foul untovanity (Pfa1.24.4.) unto falfe worfhip,or false wayese. he lifteth up his foul unto that which is holy juft and good, the righteous lawofGod. In generali, this word fignifies any evil or fin , efpecially thole. which refer to injullice, or our neighbourswrong; mfal. !2.2. Theyfpeakvanity everyone with his neighbour ,that is , they fpeak injurioully -every one deceived], or would circumvent and over- reach his neighbour. This is to fpeak vanity with a neighbour (Pfal. 26.4. 1 havenotfatewith vain perfons, who are thofe ? he 'expounds it in the next words, Neitherwill Igo in with dim- blers , that is withmen who make a fair thew to their brethren; while their hearts are full of poifon againfl them , who (peak one thing and intendanother, there are vain perfons , and how reli- gious fo ever they may feem to be, their religion is vain too. The Lordknowethvain man, or , He knoweth the vanity ofman, Note Firft , That man is naturily full ofvanity, veryfull ofvanity, . To be called aman ofvanity imports vaine¡} vanity ; as it im ports That God is full oftruth , when he is called The God truth , and that he abounds with comfort , when he is calk( The Jod ofall comfort , fo it is an Hebraifm notinghow full ofv nity man is ; who is called , .A man of vanity and how fat he is, who is called , a man of falfhood? So the Apof thews how full oftin that man is , how many thoufands he h
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