sgs.___ Chap. 6. An Eacpojtion ttpan th ßok 'f j© B. Vere 26. And the fpeeehes ofone that it defperate, which are as winds. We muff underfland or repeat the lirít branch. And doye ima- gine to reprove, thefpeeches ofone that it defperate which are as wind? a radice The fpeeches of one that it defperate. 1 The word t gnifies a per- t1)8' fnn that is quire without hope, who thinks his efface pall remedy drfp`' orredrefs,his wound incurablc,his loffes irreparable,and his brea_ rav, fpeaom ches luck , as can never be made up or healed. So er.2.25.where r.emirei olicuj P ur efficieneie cur the Prophet counfels the Church, to return and repent, but, Thou tonfcgueac,eab faift there it no hope; or as we read it in the margin, thy cafe is JecitJ'e defperate; what do you talk ofrepentance and of returning now, oxttfïr all's loft, one all is g , undon my ettate can never be recove- red, Doeye imagine to reprove the fpeecber of one that it defile- rate ? Some referre this allo, to the friends ofjob,thus:Doe ye think that bare words are anfwer enough for me, and that the fpeeches ofa defperate madman, which arc not hing but wind and found, are fufftcient to refute me. And therefore you rife up againtt me in this tlorm and fury, fpeaking any thing, without ttudy or preme- ditation. But we may undertland it, of yob himfeif, and that, as be- fore, he gave their fence of his words, that they were but wind;So here he gives us their apprehention of his perfon,that flare he was mad or defperate. Doe ye imaginethat I am defperateor dif raá ed,becaufe I have little or no hope to be refored ? Becaufe I have toil my eltate,my flrength, my children, doe you think I have loft my wits, my reafon and underltanding ; 1 confefs I am even worne to peices and brought to nothing9l am fpen.t and confirmed with forrows, that's my condition, but all I therefore defperate and regard not what I (peak?,t is ancafiteand a compendious way of refuting all pra Haudfont ira á au can fay,to fay he is mad.Hiswords mutt needsbe but wind, ronvcni air without weight, who is himfelf without reafon. Doeyou thin1ç,to furilibur,verba reprove the wards ofone that it defperate, that areas wind ? Or as awe habearr, Mr.Brouájiton reads,Doeye ho,dthe termer of theforlorne,a wind ? eo ¡Toil 'Pa' That is,doe you think,becaufe I am in fuçh a fad condiion,and in rtí2as 'arrrrtus' appearance in. a defperate condition, that therefore my wordsarc fam v' táftéfa. PP out Mcrc{ light and vain,fuch as are no more to be regarded or heeded than a pulle ofwind ? And fo it is, as if he had faid, ye ought not to flight
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