5c 6 Chap. 34.. An Expefition upon the Boo, of J o E. Verf4,1 evil! beafis, flow bellies. They were not flow to fill their bellyes, but their full bellyes (their bellybeing their God, ashe told force among the Philippians, Chap. 3.19,) made them flow, yea re- probate to everygood word and worke. Solomongives mana great charge when he faith ( Prey. a3. 2 3 . ) Buy truth, andfell snot, The mart for thofe mot precious commodities grace and truth, is kept ( not;at the belly, but) at the eare ; therewe buy with- out money, andwithout price both grace and truth to get thefe is CO be wilemerchants. The bef} market we can make,- the beff tradewe candrive is with and at our eares : The care tryeth.words,. cis, the mouth rajlethmeat. Md from this Elibu infers Verf. q.. Let sss chufe to ourfelves judgment ; let us know among, our felves what is good. This verfe containes the fecond requeft whichElihu made to J®bs friends;; 'The fumme.of it is, that they might proceed Judi- cioufly. and fairly in the chufe before them. As if hehad faid, Seeing it is the officeofthe care to try words, as the mouth °tafFeth meat ; let us fee what we can do_with.our cares towards the deter mination ofthis matter. fobbathoft enwi flied to find one withwhom, he might debate and try this chufe in'judgment; let us give himhis . with, and having throughly weighed the matter and merits ofhis chufe, let us fee what jufltce will award him. Let eu chnfeto our felves judgment, éte. Let us. chufe_ Toelea or chufe is the workeof thewill. And tochafe what is good, what is right, is a gracious work ofa renewed will ; ;. as Gods Ele6tionofus fromEternity, fo our Ele6}ion of God and the things of God at any time, is avery gracious worke. This affirmative a61,To chufe to us judgement, feemes to imr plya negative, the rejeaing or laying afide ofwhatfoever.is con- trary toor ahindrance of Judgement ; that is, the laying afide, Firf}, of all animofities or undue heates offpirit; Secondly, ofall prejudices and undueprepoflèflìons; Thirdly, ofall groundleffe , fúfpitrons and jealoufies of the perfon we have to deale with, we can neverchufe judgement, till we arecleare ofail thefe. The original word rendred to chufe,, fgnifies in the noun, a young
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