558 Chap. 6. An Expof tion upon the Brok of f ;o O B. re Yerf; 30, for a call to a more ferious confederation ofthe bufìnefs, we may note, That a mans cafe and condition muff Le conhderedand confi- tiered againe, twice that is, fully confrdered before he be con- demned. We mutt give account ofevery idle word, much more then of every unjuft- fentence or cenfure : It is but wifdom to confider fire&ly, about which we muff give fo firiG1 an account. Sixthly, in that he faith, My righteoufnefs is in it, pb . ferve, That a goodcattle, the more it it fearched into, the better it will appear : the deeper you digg into it, the more truth and holinefs you will find in it. Search a Godly man, and the lower you goe, the better he proves ; the nearer you come to his heart, the richer treafures ofgrace and uprightneffe will bedifccvered. Whereas take an hypocrite and you may have a little good ntettal at his tongue, or,his lips maybe gilded over with good words,but fearch him to the bottom, and there is all rotten neffe, even liven abominations, at his heart, A godly man is not gilded, but gold. Search a Job quite through,try hint to the center, tighteoufnefs is in all his wayes, the further you fearch, the better he is and he will be bell ofall at lair. Verfe 3 0. Is there inniquity in my tongue ? certoperverfe things. $ Cannot my taffe din Thus he concluds his direGìory tohis friends,and hispreparatory Formula eß for what himfelf intended to purfue in the next Chapter. Is there fe ipfum cam- iniquity iumy toxguet'doth my tongue (peak unequal,or eviithings? animumjuu Bathany thing bin fpoken by me againficommon right,or againfi jcruranrir,wlla the divine rule?hath mytongue utcred any iniquity frommy heart rxaminahrtb Ha the fìnfulneffe ofmyheart broken forth at my lips? Or bath eec it appeared, that I have done wickedly by what I have faid ? verbs er When-my words are duly weighed, I (hall not appear ; the man flulririva ,Qj' you make me. temereditater ( The word lignifies calamityor mifery,as well as iniquity, and pokes, larenrir fo we may take it here. Is there, calamity inmy tongue ? That is, pn, vttarir doe my words befpeak or invite my of hi}ons. We find the word ufed in that.fenfe Pfal, 52 2. Thy tongue devifetb mifehief, or calamity; : Iniquity devifed or framed by the tongue is often a 0 furgeupan the back, Micha 7. 3. The great man uttereth bis Merit, mifchieveus
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