Chap. zo, es4n expof:tion upon the Bookof J o N. Vert. Í t. glutton that gets a fweet morfell between his teeth, is loath to ktofe thedelightfome tame of it, and therefore, doth not haftily chew and fwallow it downe,but he eats it by degrees ; fuch men of appetite and palat- pleafures will fay to others when they are eating, Thinke whatyou are doing, tafte pleafure. Thus doth the carnal! man deale with his finne, he chews it long, hekeep- Oh it dole, and hideth it under his tongue. The word in the Hebrew which we tranflate to hide, is more ïïlD ofi nega- proper to the worke of the tongue in fpeaking then in eating, fare Ármulare and may imply thus much, that as a man who hath got a fweet morfell; hides it underhis tongue in eating, fo a carnal! heart plerumq; de that lives and delights in fin, ufeth his tongue to hide or keep it medio, °ucre from revealing. The word lignifies hiding with the tongue,The a' 4 dcea°. heart is the (hop wherein, & the tongue the inf raiment where- P,i non fu}Ge. by thofe artificial! coverings and vayles aremade, by which the Tegerpecearum wicked man hideth his fin. The tongue hideth both what wee (ermine frtlotg are, and what we have done, as Rachell hid her fathers images, Hti dis verbis pll o. it as Rahab hid the (pies who came to ?cricho, left the fearchers ra; gypocrirar2 fhould have found them. Thus the carnal( man covers his fin t, obiiquè sp- with his tongue. And this is the right charafter or property bum perfiringit, ofa falfe hearted hypocrite ; So that Zophar (truck at yab fecret- Jun; ly , as a hypocrite , while he fpake of hiding fin under the tongue. Hence obferve: The wickedmans tongue is the cover ofhie finne. The tongue of a fincere heart is the difcovererofhis finne. Forac with the heart man beleevetb, fo with thetongue or mouth confefon is made (of our faithin-G0d) TogaSalvation (Rom.to. to,) as alfa ofour fins againfl God unto pardon-and remiffion. dfail Iwill conff t e my unto the Lord(faith repentingDavid, pfal. 32. s.) and thoufórgave(l the iniquity of fin. Now as the tongue ofa good man difcovers his fin, fo the tongueofa wicked man hides it : and that three wayes. Firfi, By plaine denying that he hath done ir. Secondly, By difTembling or concealing what hebath done. Thirdly, And molt ordinarily, by excufing it : though he cannot conceale theevill done, much leffe deny it, yet he bath fomewhat to fay, to render the doingofit leffeculpable then S f f z others 499
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