292 Chap; 5. .1n Expt;Ttion upon the l;oek of J Q B. vet(. t 3. i-i1 3 The Original word figuifics to hafteta, and thence to be preci- dradio ; ino puate,r°afh or foolifh incounfel ; PrxdenceKfes to go Kell, wifelam .4ccelerare,fe. keeps a kind of hate in her pace and loves to go hop6y flop , net fl prac'Q;iin headlong ; p, prudcut man Pets his head before his feet ; his head effe,impruden- goes betorc his feet in coniultation, but he loves to go upon rem, ftuttum ; his feet, not upon his head, in aetion : It is the curfe of the fro- taaz udentia ward,their counfels are carried headlong when they fhould trcrtt»iiitate go headily upon their tcet,they run upon their headsorrun their delàberotio negamier. headsagaintt the next wall : The meaning ( in a word )is,7hey Erato intpetu [hall make more haft thengood (peed : or,they fhall go fo fall to their ruuntinfoam ends,that their end (hall be their undoing: As the Lord(in mer- pef oi.coc, cy)ma.kes the rafh re nderflar:ding,fo(in judgment)he makes the ten- lerflanetng rafh. As this is here threatned, fo the former is graci- oufiyprewifed, Ufa. 32. q. )Theheart of the rafh pail underhand knowledge , and the talus of theharr,mtrtr fhall(peak plainly.jltlhen the Prophet fhould (hew, how great a bleffing God powr,s out upon his people by Chrift, he thus expreffes it : Cbr,ji who is the roildono of the Father, caufeth the heart of the raft to under- hand knowledge ; it is the word of the Text, the heart of thofe who naturally run headlong upon bufinefies, who have no flea- dinefs nor flablenefs in their utadertlandings, thall be flayed an,l ballanced with wifdom and gravity from above. Chrifl will 7Jì &`leftudo take them off their hurrying pace,and teach them to go and do, V:bI occete to advice and aft with fobriety and deliberation. The latter rationemhabet claufe of the promife joynts fitly with this, eAnl the tongue of the cxm fit h,efit- (loam;rer [hall fpeakplainly ; fuch as hammering is to fpeech,the tia,utnihil ex- fame is rafhnefs to counfe! : Aman that hammers hwddles his p ritepronun. words : he that hath an impediment in fpeech, (peaks faflefl, 7 ua ma ie ro- ta'eprat, p and becaufe hecannot fpeak one word well, he (peaks many 'prat ea minor words at once:This haft is his hinderance : in making fo much ,roficit,citata haft to {peak, he cannot (peak at all,thereforewe ufually advife illy tirgu,tvo- fiammerers, to take geed of fpeaking haflily , that they may tuba/tate. tut f oakplainly.The p P Prophet joyns there fweetly,to core thecom- tiafellinra eq, plete abilities of a Chriflian,7-he rafhfhall underhand, and the hart nalt.ïmprofert s ererfl,tll jFeak plainly ; that is,he (hall advife judicioufly, and wile Cs into. [peak elegantly ; depth of wifdom , and fweernefs of elocution thrum confllit;m fhall meet in him though before rude and 'Thick. But the coun nia ánurilia, Eels of the froward; though men of great parts,and filed fpeech, Lolth Jball be bntrried headlong. Ohferve hence, Ha/1y- 03nfels are wfccefalefs counfels. Haft in counfeliing always
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