Chap. 34. An Expefltion upon the B00%,of J o B. Verf. 16. 603_ therefore by this Apoftraphe, he excites and flirres him tip to fettat Sri vet ml- his underfianding a-work to the utmoft ; As if he had fayd, Al- a eft into bo though thou haft a-habit ofunderftanding, pt thouhaft not zEted it ßSeres lbe an underftandingman; nor givenfuch propfeof it in this smatter rnfinitivux in- aa is cxpeEled. .teUigere non Further , Thefe words, Ifnow thoubolt tenderftanding, referre pienam inteUi- not to the faculty, but to the f eciall attributes of his under- gentiam indte p cat, edvelte- flanding ; chiefely to thefe three. nuijmum in- Firft, To the foundnefs of it,; If then haft any thing of alma radium, gut underftanding. Theunderflandings ofmanyare ficke, and difea- infinitival a- fed, theirundetftandings are tainted and infeeled with errours 1 °nom præfen- and mil erfwalons. Now if thou haft any thin o afound under- rem non habw. P f .Ìt Ï g f Ï. gnifìcat. Sru- ftanding left in thee, if there remaine yet any flrength in thy un- pidum ergo et derftanding, toapprehend the force of thefearguments and rea- vecordem7o- fons which I fhall propofe toconvince thee by heart this. Erro- bum appeUar., neous uiiderflandinas are altogether unfit to entertaine truth. quid Ì e As there mull be a futablenefs betweenthe ftomack and the meat, multi babes. elfe it is not digefted, fobetween the mindeand theobjedï, elfeBez: is cannot be received. Secondly, To the uprightnefs or impartialiry of it ; If thou hafunderftanding; that is, tfthou haft anunbiaffed underflanding; Sometimes theatfeelions turne afide, andbribe the underftand- ing ; felf-interell puts ablinde upon the underflanding. When a man bath amiede to that which is not right, he will have a winde toùnderfland any thing that oppoferhit. Thirdly. , To the fpirituallnefs of ir, If thou haft underfland- ing; that is, a renewed, a fpiriruall, an holy underflanding, or the underftandingofthe holy, heart this. Aman may have a greatna- tural( underflanding, adeep judgement,and yet be a very childe,, or a man of nounderflanding in the things of God. Only a fpiri- wall underftanding is fuited to fpiriruall things, (as the objeet fuch muff the faculty be) that faculty which deales a-right about fpiriruall things, muff be a fpiriruall faculty. The Apoflle fpeakes conciudingly (r Cor: 2. r 4. )The natural man (that is, the man. unconvertedor unregenerate ) perceivethnot the things of the Spi- rit ofClod, for they are foolifinefs unto him: neither, can be know, them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned. And therefore the fame Apoflle profeffeth to the Celoffîans (Chap: r. 9. ) We doe not,ceafe to pray:for you, and to defìrethat ye mtght be.Çlled, with Hhhha the
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