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chap. 36. an Expofitionarm the1}ook,ofJ o B. Verf. 21. 319 heed thy heart , that is, thy firft (linings and motions untoany work. Secondly,take heed,as to the ñrfl motions of the foul, fo to the affeaions of the foul, which are foul-motions formed up and flared ; take heed of your affe&ions,how and what you defire,how and what you love, how and what you hare. Thirdly, take heed to the tongue, how you (peak, andwhat you fpeak,where you fpeak, and why or for what endsyou (peak ; there is a great deal of take heed belonging to the tongue. Fourthly, take heed c the ear, when ye hear others fpeak, take heed how you hear, and when ye hear, and what you hear ; infe&ion may foon come inat thofe ports. Fifthly, take heed to the eyes, what you behold; the eyes are win- doweswhich often let in vanity, yea, I may fay, venome andpoy- fon into the foul. In a word, take heed of all your a&ions, or of your whole ccnverfa- ion ; take heed what you do, and how you do 15í1 --17?t it ; fee that ye walk circumfpe&ly, take heed in and about all Averbn; thefe things,that ye fin not, efpeoially, that ye neither have, cot quad fcpe atai- carry on anydefign orwork that is finful ; take heed that ye be not vel ccmompl' found falling intothat errour, toavoyd which, Eirhu calleth or a- tionemvalet wakeneth fob to this watchfulnefs, take heed, . ad aliyuem fl- nom, utpote ad Regard not inigaity. eìtfranduwe,vel Here is the fpecial matter in the text, about which ehhu ad- t'd dtazrmi' vifes Job to be heedful, regard not iniquity. The word rendred ¿um. Bold. regard, figni1es the turning of the face to look upon any object ;' chat.which we much regard, we turn about to look upon it, as Zig That which weflighr, we turn away from it and will not look up- in"Tgsit'cs, va on it ; we turn our face to a perfon or thing, fignifying our ap- probation, and we turn awayour face to thew our diflike ; and therefore we do w.ó11 exprefs this word, which lignifies to tarn the da, i,,de ;e;;aid. face, by regarding ; tarn not thy face to iniquity, look not toir, Sept. give it not any refpe& or countenance, regard not Iniquity. The word lignifies vanity properly. All iniquity isvanity, fin is vanity, and fin bath brought vanity into the whole creation, yea fin hakes a!! things a vexation to us. The Chaldee fai h, re- gard not a lie , he Septuagint, regard not things abfsrd or un- comly, But what Iniquity dothEhhe here chiefly intend ? T anfwer,, It

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