Verf. *5, Thirdly, Take ifin thd‘Gdncrete, in reference to rheTpeaker, tiadsforiible istbeWordaf'anupright tnan\ Theri Obferve,,| ;*% Ihtwordsofone, that is upright hearttd, carrji great jirettgth stndpower with them. Truth lofts by the patronage and defence whichTomegive it. Truth gets little by the -tongues of rhofe men, who have no gracein their hearts. Truth in the mouth, of a wicked man, is.weakned by the faHlnds >of hisi heart, and filthinefs of his life;' Sometimes precious truths are fpi>ken by vileft men, but what force have they ? they afo not received or owned. Chrift could not,abide to hear the D.vil fpcak truth. A godly man fpcakeswir/; Authority, as it is laid., of Chrill, He [peaksafortehxvidgditihorityi ’andnot as theScribes y the Scribes caught that which was truth, fometimeSj and the Scribes badal'- wayes Authority toteach, theijthair of Mofes was theirs •> they were not intruders uponan office they had no call to. When Chrijt faith the Scribes and Pharifesfit in Mofes chair f Matt. 23. 2. ) Hefpeakesnotonely ( defadaD-of what they did,' but ( dejure ) ofwhat they had right to doe S They were not ufur* pCrS)pj. a<TorS beyondI their- line.; But though the 'Scribes had dht1 right of authority to teach,yet their teaching had no force of authdrity, it was but talk. And it. appears plainly, that the . wdrdsofth.it hypocritical generation;the Scribes and Pharifees,. bareno weight with the people, becaufe Chrift gives them a charge, to obferve and doe what the Scribes and Pharifees bid th-tanfiAsimitdifog that the dodrine of thofe Scribes/.'though, true ) waslow priz’d and lay-;much unpradis’d, Mit, 23-.'-3* We mull not foortcil the iiand of God, as if he might not ule thdfe who havT'no truth',’TOpublifb a truth i He may imploy what inft-rumetits he pleafes, and he can make- thofe that'are evil,, -inftrument/ of good •,But'look, upon- it j r t W l l thus it is, the word of truth hath-molt power, Itrength and forcefrom the lipsof thofe, who are upright in heart, and holy in lit’e.How forcible are thy wordsg The words of the wile, are like goads, or like nails, faftned by the Mailers of the Affcmbly, Peel. 11. But the=wdrdsofkicked mailers in the affembly, are like, nail.es without points, they wiifnot drive,pr'take hold, there is no ladin g of t-hem-vOf'the wordsdf Wicked men areiike weak- nailes, / Which break In the driving ; What doe you arguing, reproving, - S teaching, you that carry your fclves thus, what force have your M words >Truth loofes both ftrengthand creditin yourmouths : 538 Chap. ' 6 ,An Expofitionupon the Bookj>f JOB*
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