Chap..zo. An Expofatìonupon the BookofJO$.Verfe 16. 299 be true or falfe,as the month or pallet tartes meat, whether it be fweet or bitter. This word is very comprehenfive, fignifying Hine Sept. in (as force critical Rabbins teack us) counfel, judgment, wifdom, teüigentiam , reafon, both the argument and decree uponwhich any thing is Rab. g , p Y probationem. done, as altothe difcretion withwhich it is done. Grammarians Rab. Mord. tell us that the due andproper accent of every word , is in the Decretum. Hebrew called [Tagnaml becaufe the accent doth give as it Pagn. Confili- werea right tafleof the fenfe,andfoleads to a right underftand- TYg* 7u- in ofthe ord. When the holy finger invites all to that glori- dtc :um, Regi g Y g aDtJcretionem,. ons banquet(Pfal.24.8.)O tafte andfee that the Lord is good, he Hebraus apud means , underftand how good he is. The fame infpired heart Caiet. faporem praife in this language (Pfal.i Iä.56.) Teach me good judgment redtÿex in andk¿nowledg, that is, give me a true tafte and rellifh of heavenly Geammarica truth, Prov.al.22.) Asa jewel in afwines fnoue, fo is a fairfg, accentum woman without- difcretion or emderftanding. Beauty without brains cujuflibet ditti is a loathfinedeformity. In the, book of ezra, the Chiefor Pre- onís,eo quod det Eiden t ofa Council, who ordereth and moderates the whole pro- e o i ,guf ad ceeding there, is thus expreffed, TheMatter of Tafte. He had intelligendam need tohave a quick internal pallate,who muff tafteall men, and fapientiam. all matters, as the Prefident ofa Council mutt. Rab. Marti. This tafte,this underftanding,or whatfoever moral excellency i7--In0 17y3 comes within the compafs ofthis word, God taketh away force- Prafet confilij times from the aged, or frommen (who for that fervice) -are of the molt perfeft age. Hence Obferve, Firft, Our underftandings are at the difpofe of God. Hegives underftanding to the Pimple, and be can take it from the fubtile. Oldmen are not always wife: Not only becaufe force never had wifd'om, but becaufe many loofe the wifdom which once they had . And this is a lofs which we fuftain from no hand but the hand ofGod. Man may takeout riches and worldly e- states from us , and make us poor , but God only can take our underftandings from us, and make us fools. Men canempty our purfes, but God, and God only can empty our brains. Obferve Secondly, That when the Lord will defroya people, he takes away the un- .tos perdere derflanding ofthe ancient, vutr lupite .Heathens Paid, Godbereaves them of underffanding , whom he vos dementar. deffinesfor deflrulltion. Now as this is a fad prefage ofruine,to the party himfelf , fo likewife ofruine to thofe who have relati- Q.p 2 on
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