Chap.' 5. An Expofitián upon the Rook oil' O B. Verf._i 9. 8/ it, andfor joy thereof fouldall he bad, and bought thefield; All there hid it, that it might be forth comming for their own ufe, they did not hide it,as unwilling to bring it forth, for the tire of others; fo the idle Servant hid his Talent, and was juflly condemned for hiding it, Math, 25. Hence Obferve Truth muff not be hid from others: Truth is a common good, noman hath the foie property of it , ev,syone may challenge his part of this pollefliion ; and the more we part with it to others, the more we increafe our own pofffef ion. Truth multi- plies in its degree to us, while we make divifion of it to thou- lands. A Candle gives not the ids light to the owner, be, caufe many (landers by, fee by it, and this Candle gives a clearer light to us when we let many fee by it : Our knowledge as perfeîtedwhile it ra communicated. This Candle therefore not to be put under a brittle!, but mull be let upon a Candle- flick , that all may fee by the light of it. Shall I ( faith the Lord, Gen. 18.) hide fromAb;sham the thing that I am about to do ? No , I will not, For Iknow Abraham will not hide it He will command his Children and bis Houfbold after him , and they (hall keep the way of the Lord. The Ifraelites vvre char< ged to communicate the wonders which God wrought for them, and the Ordinances which he appointed them , when they were delivered out of IFgypt, Exod. a z. I will open my mouth in a Parable (faith the Pfalmitl) I will utter darkfayings of old, which we bave heard and known .` Andour Fathers have toldus , we will not hide them from their Children, (hewing to the Generations to come, thepraifis of the Lord, andhisffrengtb , and the wonderful works which he bath done, (P(al. 78.2, 34.) 'Tis our duty topreferve memori- als of the works ofGod , and to declare his word to all that are about us. What wife men know from their Fathers , they will not hide. Eliphaz yet goes on todefcribe the men whore content, in opinion he had received about the controverfìe in hand. Verf. 19. To whomaloe the earth w.tr given, andnoffran- ger pa/fedamong them. If any man ask who were theft wife men ? He anfwere, They were wife men,
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