406 Chap. 6. An Expofttion upon the800kof J O B. Verf. ¿ion, ifthey would fpeak reafon to him at lait,'and come home to his cafe indeed ; or, if they could fully and candidly difcover to him any errour, he was willing to be reóified;This he profef- fes ( and it is molt ingenious profetlion ) in the 24. and 25. ver- fes, Teach me (.faith he j and I will hold my tongue, and caufe me to underffandwherein Ihave erred, &c. As ifhe had faid, All that you have fpoken hitherto, dothnot reach my condition, ye have quite miftook my cafe , yet,you (hall fee,I doe not hand out againft you, becaufe I will Rand out ; it is not my will that oppo- fes what you have fpoken, but my understanding ; therefore, if you can fhewme better reafon,I laydown the bucklers,and yield my felfa prifoncr to your (elves and unto truth. I delight not to lengthenout contentions,nor áá3 I refolved to have lati the word, Teach me, and1 will holdmy to gue. Fifthly, He adds an expoftulation, mixed with an aggravation. An expo(tulationabout, &an aggravationoftheir high jealoufie, and low opinion ofhim, in the 26. and 27. verfes,Doeyezmagine to reprove words, and thefpeecbes ofone that is.defperate, whiclo are ás wind? As ifhe hadPaid, Doe you think, that you have had to deal with.a man, that onely makes a noyfe,or fpeaks a great many words, which have no more found then fence? doe ye think I am out ofmy wits, and inftead ofarguing with you, doe onely rave like -a mad man at you?Ye have not had vain,windy words from me,but words full ofweight and matter,words of truth and fober- nefs, wherefore then do you fpeak thus ? Doe ye imagine to re- prove words, and thefpeeches ofone that is defperate?Doe you think I fpeak like one, who knows not what he fpeaks ? Or that,I have at once loft my hope, and my understanding ? Sixthly, He gives them advice and admonition to take better heed, to what they should after fay, if they intended to fay any more, or to continue their counfel and difcourfe with him;in the three Taft verts of this fixt Chapter. Now therefore be content, lookeupon me, for it is evident to you, if I lie, resume I pray you, &c. In the 7th,(which concludes his fpeech)he offers three things, efpecially to be obferved. Fitt}, A renewingof many arguments and confiderations, by which he confirms the equity ofhis requefi, to have his life cut of; upon which fad fubleó he infifts, from the beginning of the Chapter, to the end of the 17th verfe, Is there not an appointed time
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