What meant by Chrift opening his mouth. fo fome think that this was a funilitude, whereas Christ did preach in his life,. as a Mininer of God should preach in his holy life continually before them, fo Chrißt preached. But Secondly, By opening the mouth according to the Jewish expreffìon is to liignifie, not only that he did fpeake, but that he had fome weighty matter to fpeak, as.in 3 z job 20 There Elihue when he faith, that he is full of matter, and hath excellent things to fay, he faith, He will open his mouth ro fpeak, and fo our Englifh phrafe will beare it ; when we fee an ob- je6 wiíhly, we will fay, I faw it with mine eyes : that is, I did mind ir, and regard it ; and fo if a man will expreffe a ferious intentnefle to heare, he will fay, I heard it with mine eares, that is, he did diligently heare it, and mark it ; And fo he opened his mouth and fpeke : he did not onely fpeake, but he had fome great and weight matter to deliver. Thirdly, This was to thew 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 ftiry, and now Chril} opens the doore andfetches 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 fome that have fo much ev =ill in their hearts, that it doth burft -out of the doore of their mouthes 'acid they fpeake without any confederation; as a Man that -hash an uncleane heart it breaks forth' in his mouth; As i veffellthat is full"of filthy liquor; 'it will; breake' torthwhen it hash no vent; And fo that's the reafon men fpeak_ io wickedly, in báudry, or fwearing, their :heats, are full. of w ickedn iie,, and it breaks the doore open - And fo rh`e heart of JefusChrift.was-full of heavenly end 4 i 'iniau things, and Chrift he opens the door of his mouth and: fpeakes ..it fhould be fo with us, ; It f ould be fo -with the Mir ifters of Cod efpecially, they ihould.have their hearts full' of heaven- ly Treafury, and when they come preáéh, tt is° but tO 'opézì the doore of this Treafury: their tnöuths' ould' be 1ìät as f be doore to vent,thofe treafuries of -heavenly truths,'tat' they have been tradingforin Heaven' And fo all peóple, D they
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