C hap. i 2. AnExpoftion upon the Book ofJOB. Verf.24. g25 earth, ris fad when the chiefpart is taken away from thechief- eft of the people. The heart under a natural conlideration is that noble inftru- ment of life feated in the midit ofthe body : by a metaphor it Cor per Mena. phoram fignrlh sat medh.on inre, iu4 cujuf gi rei. per fynech doch,n ornnta qur um jedes fá n co;;;i:, m_'11, v :luntos, &c. Pined. figntfies any thingwhich is feated in the middle , or toward the center, becaufe the heart is fo placed in the body. And by a Synechdoche,the heart is put frequently in Scripturefor the mo- tionsof the heart, or for whatfoever ac`teth there. The under - itanding, will, aff aeons, purpofes, refolutions, or courage of man, any or all of thefe are expreffed by the heart becaufe any or all thefe are wrought in, or ifl'ue from the heart, To take away the heart , bath reference chiefly to thefe three things. First, He taketh away the underftanding, and leaveth men to the guidance of ignorance : and then they are hurried by gufts ofpaillon, not ordered by the diaates ofreafon. God benights their minds , their foolifh hearts are darkned and fo they b :- come vain both in their imaginations and refolves. The chief of the earthare then neither able to givegood counfel nor receive it they who formerly were as Oracles , betray a feeblenefs of judgement, and the graveft States-menprove Infants in under- ftanding. Ali wholfome remedies, and proper expedients for their own good, or the publike fafety,are taken from them when God taketh away their hearts. This was further (hewed at the 17th verfe, whether I refer the reader. - Secondly The heart is put for the will. Some interpret this volen,st en text, rather of the will thenof the underftanding : God is Paid pouti« auatn ad to takg away the will when he takes it offfrom what it was fet intelleílum hoc upon before, and caufeth,it to move and enclineto a. lother ob loco pertiaer. ;eét (rrov.at 1.) The Kings heart is in the handof the Lord, a Aquin, the rivers of water, he turneth it whether loner he well : By the heart we are to underhand the will of Kings ; turning properly con,erns the will : The will putteth it felt' out to profecute what the anderfandingdictates : The will ;(Bally walker,: in, or after the light ofthe xnderflanding : God works fo eff.aually in the. , heart ofthe chiefofthe people of the earth , that though their un- der andings give them li ht towalk in fuclra way(whether it be a falfe or a true tight or way, is not the point here) yet he can take their wills offfrom it and- tarneth themwhetherfocver he will. As the perfons ofKings are in the hand ofGod to protect t 3 them, .
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