Chap. 3' 3. An Expofition upon the Boob of J o s. Verf. 31. 477 ing, is fignifies to forbeare doing or 'peaking, to fit flill, or as we render it here, to hold our peace, and faynothing. (¡fa: 41.' 1. ) Jceepefilence beforeme, 0 ¡funds. (Pfal: 5o. 3.) Our God 'hall come, and 'fall not keepfilence ; that is, he will fpeak aloud. Wilms befpeakes fob in the affirmative, hold thypeace, be filent. Some conceive fob began to interrupt Elihu, or gave fotne to- Videtur 7.,bus ken of diflike, while he was difcourfing; as if he had received his jeaverr!/f^e,vet âpeech with difguff, andnot only inw4rdly fiomacked at it. But d mtded efl- did not forbeare to difcover is by fume fignificant geflure or turn isitur adfe frown, and that Elihu perceiving this , defired him to hold his . audiendum in- peace ; As if he had fayd, If youdefire to reape any benefit by vitae. Scult: what I fpeak, be patient, and doe not interrupt me. But I con- ceive there was no fuch.heiglat nor beate of fpirit infob at that time ; He began now to be fedate and quiet enough , being fomewhat convinced of his former error and intemperance of fpeech. But fome may fay; was it not an over-bold part inEliha ayoung man to impofe filence uponJó, or to bid him hold has peace ? I anfwer ; El hu doth not bid job hold his peace, either, 1 rft, as if he had feene him unwilling to let him fpeake, or would not heare him any more ; yob was a very patient hearer ; he heard his friends patiently,and he had heard Elihu too with filence and patience, yea though Elihu offered him leave , yea almoll provo- ked him to fpeake (v. 5. ) yet he did not but gave him fcope to fpeake out. Nor didElihu fpeake this, fecondly,as if he flighted fob or thought him a man unable toanfwer him , or fpeake to purofe, for prefently in the next verfe he defireth hizrí again to fpeake.Nor thirdly, as if he had Poch high thoughts of his owne wifdorne, and loved fo much toheare himfelfe fpeake (as fume men.doe ) that he cared not to heare o:hers, but would enbroffe all the difcourfe. Nor was it, fourthly, becaufe he faw filch an af- fee ation in fob to fpeake, that he needed (as the Apofile fpeaks of force, Tit: a. r a.) so. havehis mouth'lopt. It was not upon any of there or fuch like reafons, that Elihu defired fob to hold his peace; but it was eitherfirfl, that himfelfe might fpeak more clearely, and carry his matter through to his underílanding ; or fecondly, that he might fet the matter more home upon '. his con- fçience,and move him toconfider yet more ferioufly what he had faydt,
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