Chap. 3. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verf.'x4. 325 Ob, which fignifieth a bottle or bladder, becaufe Iuch being poi fefs'd orated by an evil fpirit, fpake with a hollow voice as out ofa bottle, and (as force affirm) with fwollen bellies; From w r..ch manner of utterance, the Greeks call them 3elÿ-fpealerf And ,Ffuse2lzv`. Junius, upon that SofIfà. 19. apprehends this as a defcriptton cf vá J. thofe Hell- prophets, in oppofìtion to the true Prophets, who ufed to fpeak with a clear, loud,diftinf voyce : Or as Jul) herc,to open their mouths and fpeak. Secondly, To open the mouth and fpeak, is as much as to fay, he fpake with his mouth ; And there is an Elegancy in that as in thofe like expreflïons. I heard it with mine- ears; that is , I did certainly hear it, or I did fully hear it. I fan) it with mine eyes, that is, I am lure! faw it. So the Scripture faith, iVe are ho e;'^t with,aprice,' i Cor. 6. ao. A thing cannot be bought, but with a price; there mutt be force price or other, either-Money, or money- worth,fomwhatanfwering the intrinfickvalue ofevery thing that is bought ; but tothew that weare bought with a full price, that Chrift did not compound our debt withhis Father', but paid the uttermoft farthing , it is Paid, we are bought with aprice. So the Prophet Malachy tells the facrilegious Jews , Ye are éurfed'with a - curie, Chap.3.9. Aman cannot be curled but with a curie; but to thew the greatnefs of the curie, he faith, Ye are curfedwith a Curfe. So here, job opened his mouth and fpake, or opened his mouth and curled, that is, he cuffed his day greatly, even with a Cum eo rte cli_ bitter and grievous curfe; He curfedit (as he fail) to puooté. la9uitur Thus to thew the excellencyofChrifis Doórine, that his was A xnspnonr¡fef- Sermon of Sermons, andhethe Meffenger, the Interpreter, the aprteaorfuum One of a 7houfand, yea, the One of Alt the Thoufands that ever fedpafoneogi- Jhewed to man his uprightnefs The. Gofpel faith, Mat. 5. i. tur,adloguen- When he faw- agreat multitude,. be opened his moúth' and fpake. der ,none,ra Hence, itoflrr af}as In the thirdplace, To open the mouth andfpeak, is o fpeak up- Domini,lama, on mature-deliberation, to fpeak confiderately, prudently,pundu- fed 0' . ratianem ; Con ally , to fpeak elegantly, to fpeak orderly , to Jpeak the words flle;,um eniP. e(f . cf truth and fobernef. A fool is faid to fpcaa with an open al'tua'eon es mouth : buta wile manopeneth hismouth and, ['peaks. A wtfe'.ut e- ratiai:e Godly man hath his tongue at his command, but a fools tongue loivantur pr. commands him : His tongue runs faller them his wit, as wefay. fta"nmmotue, t guor fentiunr, A fools mouth (as Solomon tells us, Prov. 15.2.) pcuretb out t9qutt ir, lo:°. foolifbnefs : Their mouths are always open ; and therefore they cannot
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