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whet
meant
by
Chrifl
opening
his mouth.
they íhould
have
their
hearts
as a
Treafure of excellent
things
and
fo
have command
of their mouthes, that
when
they
fee an
occafion of
doing good where they corne, they should open
the doore
o
f this treafury
to
vent what good
things
they
have
got
in
this treafury
:
O that
all
our mouthes were
fo
:
This is
the meaning
of
this
exprelion, Chriíl
opened
his
mouth
:
it
was
a
mercy
my
Brethren that Chrift had
his
mouth open
to
fpeake
to
thi
people
;
had
the.
Scribes and
Pharifees
had
their
wills
upon
Chrift,
his
mouth had been fliut long before this
time,for
they
envyed
him, but through
Gods'
mercy
the
mouth of
Chrift
was
open
to
fpeake
to
the people the
great
things
of
God
:
And
it's
a
mercy
that
Minïfters mouths
are
open
:
That
they
may
open
their,
mouths
to
fpeake
to people, and
thew
them
what
the mind
of
God
is, we
had
not
each a
mercy long
fince
:
Though there were
many
Miniiters that
had
their hearts
full of rich
truths,
yet the doore
was
lockt and
bolted
againfl
them,
they could not
open
the doore,
fo as
the
people could
not have them
;
and
I
beleeve there
was
never
any
reformed
church
',hat
contra61ed to much
guilt ( in
all
the
world)
in
flopping
the mouthsof
faithfull Mini(ters,as England
bath done
in former
time
:
But blelfed be
God,
that
God
path
{lo
.t
the
mouths
of the
{toppers
of
mouths
:
---
I
remember
in
Chry-
fofloms
time,
I
find
that the
godly people
then
did
profeffe
that they
had rather
have
the
Sun
withdraw her
beams
then
the
mouth
of
ChryfHorne
should be flopt
;
there
was
fo much
ex-
cellency in
Chryfofloms
preaching
:
fay
they, shall the
doorof
the
treafury of
7'ohn
Chryfoflames
heart
be {hut,
{hall
that
be
bolted,
and
{hall
we
have no bene
t
by
it,
it
were
better
we
had
no
benefit.by
the
Sun
it
felfe';
O
account
it
a
great
mercy
that
the
mouths
of
faithfull.Minifters
may
be
opened
to
fpeake
unto you.
And.that's the
fecond confederation
in the
manner
of
his preaching.
He
opened
his mouth ;
And then
the
Third is,
He
Jet
his
eyes,
upon thofe he
fpake
unto
:
So
the
Holy
Ghoíl
doth note
in
the
6
bull
zo. He
lifted'
aphis
eyes upon
his
pifet
Ales :
Certainly
my
Beloved,
the
eyes
of Çhníl
did
fparkle
with very
much wifdome,
and
there
was
much
ofthe
glory
of
God
fparkling in
the
very eyes
of
'jells
Chrift,