324 ewe leves lo- q:?un'nr,irgen ter flupent. Vebementían dolorti expri .nit, quod digit f noneup locu sums MuCc, in Fiat, 774-4. Vert.` a4, A4 Exppfition upon the Bookof J O B. Chap. 3. You fee how accurate, how exalt jobs forrows have made hm. We will begin with that which is firft here,the curling ofhis day in general, contained in the lir(t verfe. Then Job opened ht. mouth, or after this Job opened his mouth, and turfedhis day. Then, or after this, hath a double reference. Ftrtt,- after the (even days filence, after hisfriends had-fate by him fo long upon the ground, neither moving queflion, nor adminifiring a word ofconfolation, then Job opened his mouth. Or fè_condly, After thin, That is, after his forrows were (as it were) boyled up to the height, and began a little to remit,fo as he could breath, recolleft himfelfand confider, in what conditionhe was. After this, After there was Tome allay, fome ebb and fall of his over - flowing forrows,thenhe breaks forth in thefe words.Sorrow loth fometimes not only opprefs the fpirit, but flop themouth, Iamfo troubled that Icannotfpeak, fàithDavid, Pfál.77. 4. That, he could not fpeak for trouble,fpeaks the greatnefs ofhis trouble. Plenty of sorrowmakes a fcarcity of-words : Hence fometimesthe Saints in great aftlidionsand griefofmind, pray and cry much to God. when they fpeak little. Hanna continued prayingbefóre the Lord; (2 Sam. a. t2.) Eli the High-Priej{markedher mouth (faith the Text.) NowHanna, the f pake in her heart ; only her lips mo- ved, but her voice was not heard. Would youknow why in fo much praying, there was no fpeaking, why her heàrt fpake, and not her tongue. Her felt gives the reason at the fifteenth verfe. I am a Woman ofa forromful spirit. And verfe it 6. Out ofthe abundance ofmy complaint and grief, have Ifpoked hitherto, fc: not with nay lips, but with my heart. All wh ch isgiven us at the tenth verfe, Shewas in bitternefs offoul,andprayedunto the Lord, and weptfore. Thus it was with job, forrow fìlenced him, forrow in the height caufed that high filence, but as food as that aflwaged, Then he o- pened his mouth andfpake. A man cannot fpeak till he open his mouth, yet to open the mouth and fpeak, is more then to fpeak. Firft, to open the mouth and fpeak, is to fpeak with a loud or clear voyce ; as he that fpeaks foftly , is faid to fpeak ii his throat. Or as they who have familiar fpirits,or wizards,are,1aid to peep and to mutter, Ifa. 8. 19. A witch or wizard,is called there and in other places of Scripture (Levit. 20, 27. Deut. x8-. x t.)
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