Chap. 26 An EwpofFtion upon the Bo.á af JO S. Vcrf. 3 72," Thirdly, It Gpnifierh counfel, advice, witdonoe, or found w f dome (Pro. 3 zr.) foMr. Broughton tranflatxs, And ri.rke,13 ad- vice knowne aboundantly. Others taking up the fame notion ren- der, Haw á.f1 thou declared wifdomeabundantly..At if he had laid, Thou tbinkef` thouball opened a treafure axd der tared R.re ofws;9 dome and knowledge in this difeonrfe, or that thon hal ma-'e:x very wife and learneddifeoarfe, wberede indeed it will be ,Ind lyan axed rt in it f_elfer as alfo impertinent to the poynr in hand. Our trans °'S°l1-J (labor, takes it in the firft fenfe,How b.eft tkan plentifully aeclar,d sloe using' it ie, that is how haft thou declared the fubltancc or the thin,. or the folid truth in plenty, or as the Hebtew pheafe imports, to great mamba and with much variety; Hence note. Ei eft, Every thing aught to be declared at it ie,ebat ie,tbe naked truth ought to be declared. I .'s our duty to fpeake of things as they are, not to put co- lours upon them, and fo make them appeare what they are not, or oth 'rwife then they are ; truth is plaine, and truth fhould be told p4ainly. The naked truth,or, the thing ae it re, is mofe beau- tifua the eye of the underftanding. And though Bildad did mifreport what he fake ofGod,yet he did not makeaful report. How he thou plentifully declared the tbirg as it re ? Se ©ndly, Hence note. Ai wi ought to fpeake the truth, fo to(peak,the truth eut,rr all the truth. Paul tells the Church of Epbefae (A&s ao. za.) That be had kept nothing back chat was profitable for'thnn; and (faith he, ver. 17.) I have net !dunned to declare ants you al the coanfel of god. 'Paul plentifully declared ncc thing as it was. Bildad fpake truth, but not ali the truth, as to ?obi cafe, He fpake great things of the power and holinefs ofGod, but obi cafe called him to fpeake as much if not more and rather ofthe goodnefs & kindneís of God. He fpake enough to humble and cart 7th down, at the fight of his n rurni uncleanenefs,but he fhould have fpoken more to ralle him up and comfort him by (hewing him that fountain which is cpened to w fh in for fin arid for tintleanenef e We may, quickly entangle a foule by fpeaking truth, unieffe we Phew hico all that g a a a a tenth
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