228 Chap. 22. An Exposition upon the BookofJOB. Verf. 2Z- condly, There is a hiding oftbé law inour hearts,firff;thatit may be fafe,leff Satanor the worldThould fnatch it from us,Secondly That we may furthercönfìder of it ; when a man hath got an ex- cellent truth, or Seripturc,he fhould lay it up in his heart to pon- der and meditate more upon it,to drawout the fweetnefe,and to experience the power ofit. Thirdìy,That we may have it ready at hand for our use ; and fo the Scribe infiru&ed for the kingdom of heaven is defcribed by bringing forth out ofhis treafury things both new andold. How fad is the condition of many that have heard much, but laid up little or nothing at all of all that word which theyhave heard-.Some having laid it up in their notebooks, are fatisfied with that ; 'cis good a,ndufefull to doe fo;but do not let it Ive there, get a Copy ofitinyour hearts; a few truths in your hearts are better to you then many truths in your bookes S no man was ever Paved by the word in his booke ; unlefe that word were alto written in his heart. God commanded the yewes (Dent. 6 8, q.) to write the law upon the y,ff of their hou- frs,aud on their gates, to bind them Ai a fegne upon their hand & ae frontlet.t between their eyes. They were commanded allo to put fringes upon the borders of their garments ( Numb. 15. 38. ) which our-Saviour calls Phjlafleries (Matth. 23. 5.) rh; fe were ribands of blue file, or as tome fay, fcroles of parchment upon which the law being firfl wrought or wri,ten,and'thenbound up- tfa,1i f ;{ pro- on their garments, theywere to look upon. ít, and remember all the yl,,,, f icommandrrnents ofthe Lord (Numb. r5. 39.') Nov, faith Chriff, ui cam ;F. they make broad their ?hilahleries,and enlarge the borders cf their j non fervarent Garments i as muchof the law as you will upon their Cloaths,but incçrde r, ando-none ofit in their heart :..Thus the proudScribes and l.<harifees . ra, at n.eirbra- wentaboutas itwere. Cloathed with the word ofGod , bur his. polar Ae alogt word was farce from their hearts, nor did it appeare in their lives oom lïiaMer PP , quafi cerrnä ca- it is a meer vanity tohave much of the law in our bookes, while pin faciente, we negle& to iceepe it in our hearts,and ad it in our rceyes. The phyfafie7i4m former is good, but it Both nogood without the latrer.The want ex fua proprit -of this the laying up the word i n the heart,caufeth the great want tale, cuffotlito 7;n, ei?. ofSaints in the things of God ; and as mazy loose that Grace Bold, which they feemed to have,lo many are at alots in the ufe of that Grace whicrc they have becaiúfe theyhave not laid up the word ofGod in their hearts fo carefully as they ought.We fay prover- bially, Sore bindand/ure find ; They who ovoid furely finde the 60b3
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