B r 2.. Chap. 42. an Expofitienupon the Book, of Jos. Verf. Note ; Ile that fpeaketh improperly and sm.: lfully of the counfel sr things of God, bideth them.. When in difcourfes about divine truths, we do not advance the honour of God, we, as it were, tail a vail upon it. Not to do what we ought, is to do what we ought not our omifons of good, may becenfured as commiJons of evil. We fhould difplay and magnife the wifdom of God in all his dealings withus, and difpenfationscowards us, elfewe dounwifely. Thirdly, Sob chargeth it upon bimfelf as afault, that he utter- ed what he knew not. Hence note ; Our wordsand our under¡iandings Mouldgoboth together. Let us rakeheed of venting with our tongues, what we have not in fome gooddegree reached with our underflandings. The underflanding fhould give light to thetongue ; nor need we any other light to fpeakby, but chat-of the underftanding. True light cannot thine out of our mouths, if there be much darknefs in our minds. How thanwe utter knowledge, if we have it not?' (Pfal. 147.7.) God is the King inall the earth : fng yeAraifts with. asndcrffanding. In tinging praifes, as there is an exercife ofour afffeetions,.fo there fhuuld beof our underhanding alfo. The A- poffle puts it twice in chofe duties of prayer and praife (t Cor. 14. Is.) Iwill pray wirb theSpirit, and will pray with under banding alfo ; I willfing with theSpirit, and I will fing with the nnderffandingalfo. A, word fhould not go out of our mouths, but fuch as the undetflandingdic1atesanddireâs. betternot to (peak, than fpeak what we know not. If we underhand not what we-. (peak, we feldom edifie others, never our felves. As the tongues of fomeutter things above their experiences and affections, fodo ahe tongues of othersutter words beyond their judgements. Fourthly, When p6 fpake, he thought he had fpoken very well,:yet now he is convinced of his weaknefs and miaakes what he fpake. - Hence
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