Chap.g. 4nß=Expofition uponehe BookofJ O B. We '4. 25.9 God, are anfwered with a word. So that, put man in the op- ponents, or in the refpondentsplace, he can make no wotk ofit. rai to Secondly, Obferve from this phrafe, Shall I cboofe out to° reafonwith him? Godit not taken withwords. finephrafes and eloquent fpceches will not carry it with him, Ifwe mouldprevail withGod, we muff feakour hearts to him, rather then our words ; yet we ought to chute out words (as was touch- edbefore) when we fpeak to God. As we muff take heed how we hear, while he (peaks; fo we have need to take heedwhat we fpeak in his hearing. That's Solomens advice, EccIeL . 2. Be not rafh with thy mouth,andlet not thine heart be hafty to utter any thing before God. That is, fpeak not vainly and u.nadvifedly, thy tongue sunning before 'thy wit. Let wifdome.guide thy tongue, and let thy heart thew thee witdom ; Let net sky heart be batty to utter, when it's office is toconceive, not toutter. But how can the heart be hafly to utter ? Utterance is the bufinets of the tongue. The heart is then batty toutter, when it fuffers the tongue to utter what it felfbathnot thotowly concot`ed bymeditation,and made its own. As in the body, fo in the mind, the third concoftion is that which nourithes and allimilates. So then, Solomon: meaning is; Let not raw, unboiled, undigitfed thoughts, pats out into difcourfes, or be flampt into words before the Lord. As there is a finof curiofity, fo theremay be a tin of neglef . Extreamsarc e qually dangerous. The difance that is between God and us, 'pro- claims this dutyofour moti reverent addrelfes to him.He is in hell- ven,and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words befew ; and yet the hewnefs ofwords pleafes God no more then the multitude ofthem (loth. We fay, In many words, there can hardly be afcarcity of er.. rours ; and in a few words there may be a few errours, pollibly more errours then words. Fewnefs, limply taken, is not the grace of words. But, becaufe they who (peak but little, doe ufually think the more, and fo their words are !kept lot; in their hearts, therefore fewwords, are ufually choice words. It is fin, if we are well conceited-of our words. And it is fin, ifour words be not our bell conceptions. Hew f tall1chufe out words to reafon with him ? L12 ïert;.
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