Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v4

168 Chap. t z. An Expof:tion upors the Taos, of .J Q B. Ve'rf. a thren or would be rekoned formore than anordinary man when I fay Ihave underfianding'as well asyou , for truly who knows not filch things as theft? yours is hut the common Jdpbah, andYour Inca- , pure but the a?neafmere ofa man. Ihave renderffanding ets well as you. Non furl; The Hebrew is I have a heart as well as you The heart in co snegxeCOY scripture is put -as for,the affcl ions, fo likewife for the.under- rerdidi. {landing : a man without underflanding is aman without an heart : the heart is the treafury wherein' precepts and maximes ofholy_knowledge are laid up ; A goodvvaian out of the food trer+fure of his heart bringeth forthgood things. Hear now this. Ofoolifhpeople, and without undeiftanding, the Hebrew is, andwithout heart, Jer. s.2i. And in the 34.th of this book of lob vert. 3 e. Let mets ofunderflanding tell me , the Original! is, Let men of heart tell me : And tfn.. Latines tail a wife man (cor. datura!) a hearty piece, a man of heart. Thename of one of the twelve Apoftles was Lebbcus (from lob the heart) fignifying as much as wife or underftanding. Some, for , Ihave underftand- ong, ready, I have courage and height offfirit, as- well asyoga; The heart in Scripture is often put for courage , z Sam. r 7. a o. He that 'is a valiant Haan, whofi heart is as the heart' of a lion, fhatl utterl-9nelt,' that is, his courage Ihall fail. So the Prophet threatens that the mighty mens hearts in Moab in that day(hall be as the heart ofawoman inher pangs , Jer. 48. 41. The failing of the heart is the failing of courage : that's a good fente here, 7 have courage as well asyou , or I have fpirit to fund to my caufe and maintain what I have aft'erted,- notwithllanding all the con- tempt and contradicîions which you have poured upon me ; you have not yet made coy heart fall though my body , though my eftate be cafte. down. You have loaded me with reproaches and heavy tentures, but my 1pirit bears your infirmity in do- 1..., ing fo. Fion cade a vobis, velpr e volis Hebraif- onus eft, quo caderefgniej -cat alietuan elf fl inferio- seraa Z arr't nát inferiour toyou. I have the fame, for kinde, and-1 have a; much of it as you. The Hebrew is very elegant, I doe not fall bsforeyou., a man th: fails before another-,is fined :rl and overcome. He that fa . under towraftling , is prevaiiea. wer : I doe not fall as the weak- er , l et keep my ground and tiaud uponmy legs. So the word is

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