_174 Chap.-11. en iïxpofition upon the Bookof I O B. Verf. q.. the fame ground (i Car.' i. i 4..) about the wearing of long hair, Toth net nature it fe f teachyou? it is a Afame for you to be ignorant of that which you may learn at the fchool and univerfity of nature ; nature teacheth , that ifa Than have long hair it is a (hamuntohim; It is not only a fin, but a difhonour for a man, to do that which his being a man tels him he Ihould not doe. By a Iike infinuation Paul labours to keep the Ephefians at furtheft diflance from groffe fns ; for this ye know (faith he) that n® whoremonger, . &c. hash any inheritance in the kingdom ofGod and of Chrifl. This is a received truth ; do you not know this ? I know ye know it Some truths can hardly be known by all our fludy , many are known without any fludy. It is almoFt as hard to be ignorant oftome things , as it is to know other things. There will be a fore reckoningwith theworld one day , - becaufe they are not feen in the deep myfleries ofChrift , having been often Thewed them ; but when it>fhall`be found that they are not feen in that , which they could not but fee, .except they had Aiut their eyes , thiswill render them altogether inexcufable., and Phut their mouths for ever.' The more eajeany truth is the harder will be our !Wiringandthegreater ourfn,ifweattain not to theknowledge ofit: Thirdly, lobs friends carried it, as if their difcourfe had been all riddle and myflerie, yet he tells them, Who knowssot fach .doings as thefe ? Hence Note, It isa vanity topretendmyflenioufneff about vulgartruths. Some cover the fun with clouds, and put difguifes upon the plaittefl do trines. They dig deep for that which lies above ground ; and in (lead of enlightning what is dark darken the clearefl light. They fpeak andwrite of things as new and never known when as all that hear or read them may juflly reprove themwith that ancient Proverb , Tou tell .114 news , or in the Ian-, guage of this text, who knows not fach things as theft ? Job having thus rebuked the pride of his friends, begins to check their fcorn, derfe_4. ram as onemockedof his neighbour, who calleth upon God andhehearethhim;the jolt uprightman is laughed tofeorx. Iamas onemockedof his neighbour. Tlieword lignifies fcorning joinedwith laughter, IiriElly cal= led
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