114 Chap. 32. An .Expofition upon the Book, of lo E. Verf, i Note. It isa pine not to fpeake when we have much to utter, and much minde to utter it. When Eauwas full he had a Conftraint upon him to vent his opinion. David faith (Pfal: -39. t, 2, 3. ) I held my peace., evenfrom good. words ; (he did not only fo :beare idle and evill di!courfe, but refrain'd fromgood) but it was a trouble to him not to fpeak,,efpecially not to fpeak good words ; therefore he adds, cfr[ heart waxed hot within me, Jeremy found it no eafie. worke tokeepe in wads ; yea, he def-ribes himfelfe as much pained bynot delivering his mmde, as ayeoman is whennot de- lu!ered in child-birth ( jer: W. 9.. ) -7 henfaid-I, Iwill not make mention of him, nor Peak any more in h:s name, but his word was in my heart as a burning fire fhut up inmy bones, andI was weary with forbearing, and 1 could not flay: There was wine , new wine . in his belly, yea there was a fire within him ; as we may beweary with fpeaking , fo with not fpeaking, or forbearing to fpeake, (fer: 4. 19. ) My bowels, my bowels, 1 am pained at the very . heart, my heart maketh a nofe in me, I cannot: hold my peace. Read .him in the like trouble upon the fame occafion(Jer: 6. t I,) Eliphav ( Chap:.4.2. ) was thus preffed, who can withholdhim, felfefromfpeaking ?'Tis a great paine, to be mind-bound, or not todeliver our mind, when our mitades are full and we full ofde- fire to deliver it. Sixthly , When he faith, /am Conflrain'd , Iam like=a bottle ready-toburn, It teachéth us. The Spiritof CodBothfo over-power fome men, that they can- not centaine. The Pharifees and high Priefts, thought toflop up the Apo- llles,thofe bottles full of thenewwine of the myfleries ofChrift, and therefore gave them Counfell,yea a command to fpeake no more in his name. At the tothverfe , they faid of force ina common fence , Thefe menare full of new wine, that is, they are drunken; but the truth was, theywere full of the Spirit, full of Gofpel- truths, and like bottles full ofnewwine theycould not hold. And when the Pharifees and highPrieftswould have (lope up thofe bottles, and charged them that they, fliould fpeak no more
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