Ctiap. zo. n Expoftion open the Book, of .1 o B. Vert 3. 447 thefpirit of the underffandino is the higheft, chiefeft and molt fpb limate faculty ofthe underftanding ; As ifhe had laid, Not one iy doth my under¡ianding ingenerali, but themot re ned part ofit, that whichu m ff free from the dregs ofpa f on,the very fpirit of my undrrftandiog moves me to anfwer. The Apoflle ufeth loch an ex- preffe (eph, 4 z 3 ) Be renewed in thes f irisofyour mimic, not on- ly be renewed in the outward man, in pra;tice and converfa- tion, but be renewed in your minde, } ca i the fpirit of it. Holineffe is not onely the renewing of the outward man, but of theminde, and not onely of the minde; but of the fpirit of the minde, that is, ofwhatfoever rifeth up neereft to God, as the fpirit of the underftanding Both ; our minds need renewing, and fodoth the very fpirit of them, both becaulecorruption is got into thehigheft powers of the minde ; and becanfe we mutt ferve Godand anfwer one another with thole higheft powers, even with the fpirit of our underilanding. Thirdly, The.Birit oftheunderfl'anding may be expounded by the force and power ofthe underftanding. The fpirit of every thing is the belt and the lirongeft ofit. 'And thus he feemes to fpeake inoppolition to the manner of rub's fpeech, which was inch as made it (in hisconitru&ion) a check rather then a coon- fell, and a reproach rather then a reproofe.. Acheck and a re- proach proceed from pafion, or from fpleene, whereascounfél what to doe, and reproofe for what bath been done amilfe, proceed from compaffionor from love. Thou haft fpoken my reproach, and therefore thou haft fpoken from thyown paffion ; But I will not imitate thee. I intendnot to anfwer thee with my paffion,but with my reafonand with my fpirit,the force and heft' of my underftanding. Laftly, When he faith, The .Birit of myunderfiandingcaufet h' me, &c. He ( poffibly ) would intimate, that he had underltand- ing or knowledge enough to anfwer for himfelfe, to retort lob's reproach, andmakegood his own affertion. From this fall claufe of the Verfe obferve. We fbontd not anfwer palmate.Beecheswith paföt?. The more we fee others dillurbed and heated with paillon, the more cooleandcompofed we fhouldbe ; we fhould difpofe our felves to the.higttett degree of patience.when we fee others i+pa.
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