An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

¹It is spoken after the manner of men; the heart natural is a principal organ or part of the body, it is the seat of life, thither the spirits have their recourse, there they have one special seat of residence; the heart is chief in man. To say, God is wise in heart, is to say, He is most wise, because the heart is the seat of wisdom. As when we say of a man, he is holy in heart, or he is humble in heart, or upright in heart, or he obeys God from his heart, we report such a man for exceeding humble, holy, upright and obedient. So when God is said to be wise in heart, it imports that he hath infinite wisdom; his, is not only wisdom in the tongue, or some flashes of wit, but deep, solid, rooted wisdom: He is wise, yea, he is wisdom ⟨p. 157⟩at heart. A foolish man is without an heart. As an hypocrite hath two hearts, a double heart, an heart and an heart; so a foolish man hath never an heart. Hypocrites will be found at last to have no hearts, they are the greatest fools of all. Ephraim (Hos. 7.11.) is called, a silly Dove without heart. Silliness is heartlessness. Therefore in the 12th Chapter of this book, ver. 3. the heart is put alone for understanding, I have an heart as well as you (saith Job) we translate it, I have understanding as well as you. Heart alone notes wisdom, but a wise heart notes abundance of wisdom. Hence observe,

¹It is spoken after the manner of men; the heart naturall is a principall organ or part of the body, it is the seat of life, thither the spirits have their recourse, there they have one speciall seat of residence; the heart is chief in man. To say, God is wise in heart, is to say, He is most wise, because the heart is the seat of wisdome. As when we say of a man, he is holy in heart, or he is humble in heart, or upright in heart, or he obeys God from his heart, we report such a man for exceeding humble, holy, upright and obedient. So when God is said to be wise in heart, it imports that he hath infinite wisdome; his, is not only wisdome in the tongue, or some flashes of wit, but deep, solid, rooted wisdome: He is wise, yea, he is wisdome ⟨p. 157⟩at heart. A foolish man is without an heart. As an hypocrite hath two hearts, a double heart, an heart and an heart; so a foolish man hath never an heart. Hypocrites will be found at last to have no hearts, they are the greatest fools of all. Ephraim (