26 Verf. i. f4n`Egpofition upon the Book,,of J O B. Chap.3 > Cannot be faid to open their mouths ': A fool bath not a door to hismouth (therefore alfohe. cannot be faid -to open his mouth). áluch lefs hath he a lock and a key, a bolt or a bar tò his mouth Fi ;t ate erim but a.wife man- hath a door to his mouth , yea his mouth:is lockt 7kite difla with wifdoms key,and that unlocks is. Z will open my 112011; (faith P"r,bol vo- the PCaltMer, ií: 78. 2.) in a Parade. Parables are.the fpeeches of r ritur, with rirareïn wife men,. yea, they are the extraas and fpirits of wifdom. The < Hi -Hebrewword figniftes to Rule or have Authority : becaufe filch fe ,one d fpeeches come upon us with authority, and fubdue our reafon by n nrur. the,,wcight of theirs. Now whenhe is about, to fpeak Parables, he faith, Iwillop en mymouth.Whenwifdom calls,for audience and obedience, Prov. . 6. file faith,.Hear, for willfpeakof excellent things, and the opening of my lipsPall be right things. David in- yokes God to open his mouth,when he wouldPhew forth that ex- ceIlent'thing, thepraiJ ofGod, Pfal. 51. i5. God opens not the mouth ofa fool, neither clothafoot-open his mouth and.fpeak,but l is fpeechopens his mouth. ,But did Job open his mouth in this fenfe wifely and difcrectly-? Aid he well to be fo angry with his day?fpake he wifely in curling his day ? I anfwer, though there was much paillon in this fpeech, ,yet yob (pike out of much deliberation, he confidered what to .ípea e before he fpake. A man may fpeak with much pafüon, and yet fpeak out of .much deliberation, and fo didlobhere., in that long fìlence he was learning what to fpeak.And as there was much heat of.paílioi , fo there was.much light of wifdom in what he fpakc. F'o:urthly, To open the mouth andfpeak, is to fpeak boldly and confidently, to fpeak with freedom and libcxty of tpeech ; (as the Inv Greek word fignifìes) to fpeak all a mans mind, without fear, 05 or favour of an man, Prov. z. 8. Open thy mouthfor the dumb,- çb ( o' en th Mouthyjudge hteó z &c. that is be bold for thofe that Ex acev crone y y ,j g g fys , b prams d;?io, are poor, and dare not appear _themfelves-, fpeak thou aloud for 1uuzz quù °'a- the dumb, and freely for thofe that cannot plead their owncaufè, a re,di4 9" l -.or make out their own innocence. The Apofile begs oftheEphe- ,3t, ;, ',(?arts, Chap... 19. that they would pray, that utterancemight be gn,en him, . that he might open his mouth boldly, to make known the em;, ;'; p/11 f ;;,;,r t;}; of.the Gofel and neither fear the faces of men, nor con- e .,;,;r. teal he truth of God. You fee then by the opening of this expreffion, there was more then bare.(peaking meant, when Job opened his mouth and fpake j when
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