Chap. za. ..4n Expojition upon the Book of J o B. Verf. i 3 . 501 (Pfd r o. 7.) His month isfull ofcurfing,anddeceite,andfraud, under his tongue it psifc.hiefe andvanitie:that is, he fpeaketh evill and is deviling Élow to fpeake worfe ; His words are wicked, and his devifingsare more wicked. Thus as in referenceboth to good and evill, there is a hiding under the tongue to prepare for fpeaking, fo there is a hiding -under the tongue that the thing may be concealed, and not at all fpoken ; that's the hy- pocrites art; for as prophane perlons care not to proclaime their finnes, they make their tongues the trumpet of their vani- tie, they declare their finnes asSodom: Co the hypocrite is buffe° to make fhadows for his finne, and to gloffe it over with faire pretences left it come to light. Againe, We may expound this latter branch as an effe& of cam duE- the former, which alto comes up clearely to the point in hand. ce f eeia in ore Becaufe wickcdneffe wasTweet in his month,he will therefore hideit ei!u malum ab- under his tongue. Towhich fence the Chaidee Paraphraft (peak- graaf zudjut eth If wickedneffe wasfweete in his mouth, he didbelie it,or bide vu!n. it bya lye, under his tongue. As lying is it felfe a great fin, and si dulcefce&.i every fin hath fomewhat in it ofa lye, fo many fins are con in ore ejrrmalì- cealed by lying. That fweetneffe whichcaufcth a wicked. man. ea enuebagu4 to commit it, caufeth him alto to retaineand hold it, or as the faa, ; e, Text fpeakes, To hide it under his- tongue. We-read of an antient tiendo regebat. Glutton who<wifhed his neck were as"lóng.as a-Cranes ,that fo Thee. he might keepe the tafte ofhis meate, there is filch fweetneffe Pbikxen'4 upon the tafte ofanaturall man in finning, that he wifheth he might retaine it long upon his fpirit,and is troubled if he quick- ly partwith thepleafure ofhis dainty morfels. Zophar hath not yet done with thefe fuppofitions, we have had twoofhis thoughts already, Though wic'z,edneffe befineet in hismouth, though he hide it under his tongue, he is not fatasfied in. thefe two, but gives ustwo more in thenext verfe, one expref- ly, the other by implication. Verf. i3. Though hefpare it, andforfakeit not,but keep itRill within his mouth, yet di.c. 17p verte is -of the fame tendency with the former, which !frith been already opened.. In the 14thverfe we have the ap- plicationof the fimilitude, whereof this is hut . further iliu- ftration;Though he /pre it,andforfake it not, but'' eep it(till,&e. a Thie
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