356 Chap.13.An ExpoJtion upon.the Boo&ofJOB. Verf.4, to the holy rj.hoft ? The Apoltle asked him if he fold the land for fo much, yea, for fo much, faid he whenhis own heart gavehis tongue the lye for laying fo. 2. There is a pratical lye , When we aft againsl what we fpeak, andunfay with our lives what we fay withour lips : Ma- ny a mans hand gives his tongue the lye, and his works' fpeak the falfity ofhis words., Lying is very abominable when it is only a tongue-craft but it is then 'molt abominable when it is aijo a handy-craft. 3. There is a doettrinal lye , So is every errour and unfound opinion. Faife notions are a lye in the underflanding : The judgement millead, mifleades others. The Lord by his Prophet reproves filch lyars (ez,(k t 3.9.) Mine hand (faith the Lord) pall be upon the prophets thatfee vanity and divine lyes ;, that is, lying dofrines, as is expounded (verfaz.) Becauf with yesye have made the heart of the righteous fad , whom I have not mide fad, andftrengthened the hands of the wicked that hefhouldnot re. turnfrom his Wicked way , by promifing him life. The Apoftle John concludesagainst this fort of lyes, (a Job. 2.2 a.) No lye is of the truth, that is, no do trinal lye , either about mattersto be Ex vnil : or the rules of a holy life, is of the truth.gNothingbut trouthacan pì,x. nil niíì veralegxi. flowout; orfollow from that which as true ; as that old rule in lo- gick teacheth us. Many lyes have a likenefs to truth , and molt lyes are fo bold as,to claim.kindred and alliance to the truth , but no doctrinal lye loth indeed receive life or breath , or any thing from anydoctrinal truth,much lefs from himwho is effen- tial truth : To bothwhich we extend St. Johns ,negative.conclti- fion, No lye is of the truth. merd,cium es The lye which Job chargeth upon his friends in this place, is yjereedumef, not a verbal lye, no nora pracShcal lye, but a dc&rinal lye, as if qo d neg; he had faid, You have taught and maintainedan errour, though you relLon in con- andonec to d- havefogrest an opinion thatyouhave all truth onyour fide : and monendo medwn that yosuare only upon thefide oftruth. tenennt, Jed in- But how dothat appear that his friends had forged doarinal aatili6ur im-. lyes, or maintained errours ? Porte nicob iJf There are four things obfervable in their difcourfe withhim, Wismar, gin, which give evidence to this accufation. a Becaufe to defend the julticeof God they concluded Job guilty t They knew not how to reconcile it , that God fhould be
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