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What meant

by

Chrifi

opening

his

nottth.

fo

fore

think

that

this

was

a

fmilitude,

whereas

Chrift

did

preach

in

his

life,,

as a

Minifter

of

God

should preach in

his

holy life

continually

before

them,

fo

Chrift preached.

But Secondly,

By

opening the mouth according

to the

Jewish expreff

on

is

to

fignifie,

not

only

that

he did

fpeake,

but that he

had forne

weighty

matter

to

fpeak,

as

in

3

2

job 20

There

Elrhue

when he faith,

that

he

is

full

of

matter,

and

bath

excellent things

to

fay,

he faith,

He

will

open

his

mouth

ro

fpeak:

and

fo

our

Engli111

phrafe will

beare

it

;

when we

fee

an

ob-

je&

wiihly,

we will fay,

I

ftw

it

with mine eyes

:

that

is,

I

did

mind

tr,

and

regard

it

; and

fo

if

a

man will

exprefl`e a

ferious

intentnefè

to heare,

he will

fay,

I

heard

it

with

mine

eares, that

is, he

did

diligently heare ir,

and mark

it

;

And

fo

he opened

his

mouth

and

fpekke:

he

did not

onely fpeake,

but

he

had force

great and

weilt

íh

y

matter to deliver.

Thirdly,

This

was

to fhew that the mouth of Chrift

was as

a

doore of

a

rich Treafury

:

Jefus

Chrift

had in

his

heart

a

rich Treafury,

and

his

mouth

was

the doore of that

rich

Trea-

fury,

and now

Chrift.

opens

the

doore

and'

fetches

out

thefe

precious

things

that

you

shall

heare

in this

Sermon

And

thus then,

opening

the

mouth,

and

fetting thefe

things

before

us, you

fee

is

of

great

ufe

unto

us

:

There

are fotne

that

have

fo

much evil) in

their hearts,

that

it

doth burfl out

of the

doore

of their

mouthes

;

and they

fpeake

without

any -conf

deration;

as

a

Man

that

-bath an

uncleane

heart; it

breaks' forth'

in

his

mouth,::

As á

vefell'that

is

full' of

filthy

liquor, it

will

.

breake

îorthwhen

it

hath no

-vent

And

fo

that

s

the

reafon

men

fpeak_

áv

wickedly,

in-

baudry

or

fwearing,

their

hearts

are

full

of

wickeditile,

and

it

breaks

the doore open

And

fo

rise`

heart of

Jefus-Chrift

was

full

of heavenly

ianc

yii`mrall

thing

/,

and

Chrift

he

opens

the door

of

his

mouth 'and':fpeakes

fi

ould be

fo

with

us,

;

:It' fi

ould be

fo

with

the Mirifters of

Cod

efpecially, they should

have

their

hearts full'

of

heaven

-

ly

Treafury,

and when

they

cóme'

to

preach,

`opetì

the doore

of

this

Treaftti

r

.

their

mOuths'illiitildbebai,slhe

doore

to

vent;thofe tteafuries

of

-

heavenly

truths,

Ghat'

they

have been trading

for°in.Heaven

Alt&

to

ail

peóple,

D

they