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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 5
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Hence Note, That the evil which is in the heart will out at the mouth, unless prayer and the fear of God restrain it: As the good that is in the heart will come out of the mouth, especially when prayer unlocks the mouth. David prays, Lord open thou my lips, and then he undertakes for his mouth, that it shall show forth the praise of God. (Psal. 51.1.) My heart is inditing a good matter (the heart doth this in prayer or meditation) what follows, My tongue is as the Pen of a ready Writer: Heavenly thoughts in the heart, shoot out at the tongue in heavenly words. When the heart is devising of a good matter, the tongue will be swift to speak, and set all to a good tune. Thus also while the heart is inditing an evil matter, the tongue runs to evil: Such a man needs not learn from others, he hath a root of bitterness in himself: Hence our Saviour concludes (Matth. 12.37.) By thy words thou shalt be condemned, and by thy words thou shalt be justified: Why shall we be condemned by our words?1 The Prophet complains of those who made a man an offender for a word; I answer, our words show what we are, they declare our hearts, as a man may be discovered of what Country he is, when he speaks, so of what spirit he is. The tongue is the scholar of the heart, and speaks what that dictates: A man is justly condemned by evil words, because they testify that he is evil.
Hence Note, That the evill which is in the heart will out at the mouth, unlesse prayer and the feare of God restraine it: As the good that is in the heart will come out of the mouth, especially when prayer unlocks the mouth. David prayes, Lord open thou my lips, and then he undertakes for his mouth, that it shall shew forth the praise of God. (Psal. 51.1.) My heart is inditing a good matter (the heart doth this in prayer or meditation) what follows, My tongue is as the Pen of a ready Writer: Heavenly thoughts in the heart, shoot out at the tongue in heavenly words. When the heart is devising of a good matter, the tongue will be swift to speake, and set all to a good tune. Thus also while the heart is inditing an evill matter, the tongue runs to evill: Such a man needs not learne from others, he hath a root of bitternesse in himselfe: Hence our Saviour concludes (