346 Chap.a3. An Expofition upon the Book ofJob. Verf.t0- "..syneraseower for thebody only, but theeye fees for the under ftanding : The ear doth not hear for it (elf, or for the bodyonly, but the ear heareth for the underftanding. , The right ufe and diligent im- provement offenfe, improves us,both in knowledge and in holi- nefs. While we look with the eye upon what God dotñ,while,we- attend with the ear-what God (peaks, we learn who God is, and what we muff. be. As the =eye and the ear are fervants to fin, fo they are fervants tograce : they are always fervants to fin in wick ed men, and fometimes they prove fo in good men : An eye not . watched takes in vain obje&s : Thine eye (faith Solomon) Jhall be- holdabe /}range wornan, and thine heart Jhall utter perverje things ; the eyecarriech the meffage to the heart, and prefently corrupts the(pirit with the obje&which it béholds, if the obje& be cor- ,tcupt. Hence the connfel of Solomon (Prov.z3.3T.) Look not upon theWine when it is red, when itgivetb his colour in the Cup Looljnot- upon the Wine, Why not ? Will the colour hurtus ? yes,The col- our of theWine will Rain the eye,and theeye will Rain theheart. As fad obje&s go quickly from the eye to theheart (mine eye af- fel ethmine-heart,Lam.3 51 fo do lufiful and vain obje&s; they being taken in at the eye, do both affe& and infe& the heart in a moment.. Let not thefè fences which the Lord hath given us for natural ufes, to the body, and for fpiritual ufes, to the Soul ; let not there (I fay ) be abufed or turned to the difíervice of the body (much leffe) to the deftru&ion and damnation of the Soul. Secondly, 'yob having fpoken with much plainnefs and confi- dence in the former Chapter about the diipetnfations of God, . clears it here,that hehadnot fpoken by rote,or without book, or tumbled out what he could not prove; No ( faith he)mine eye hath feen all this,mineear bath heard and underftood it. Note from it, It becorneth usto be well afured our (elves of what we teach Tinto others. He that inflruð another fhould firft be inffru&ed himfelf, and fhould have, not only a found of words at his. tongue, but found knowledge at his heart. As it isthe dutyof him that in- Ifruteth others, to pra&ice what he (peaks, fo tobe well aflured of what he (peaks : as his life fhould h=old forth a patternof that do&rine which he delivereth, ìo his under fhould hold the model of that do ìrine which he delivcreth : Thou that teache t
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