544 Chap. 6. An Expofition upon the Book of J Q Vert, a(, wordsgood. So the next words interpret, He daily increafetb ¡ver. Such words are ( by the learned ) called bubbles t And why í3uflatut nuga: bubbles?Becaufe a bubble upon the water is only filled with wind, re,fsa: g, ut. touch it, and it is nothing. Thefe words have nothing in them, potefimitiabui but the breath ofthe fpeaker, tb vertopiona. ünlefs the fpirit of reafon fills our mouths, we fpeak nothing but our breath, or as we phrafe it in our language, we do but va- pour. The Apofile Peter defcribes fuch (a Epift. 2.18. ) They essei3T Era fpeak great frvelling words of vanity ; And the Apofile Jude ?me) ,Nab- ufes the fame expreflìon, in the t 6th verleof his .Epittle. Their faQ,y44efot. mouth fpeakethgreatfwelling words ,that is, words greatly fwclled with vanity;Or fwel'd,as the flcfh lwells,by the gathering ofcor- ruption, and ill humors- The greatness of thefe words was their difeafe, and not their nature. Wife menfpeak,great things andfool.' fpeakgreat words. Secondly, Obterve, That windy, empty words, will never either convince, or convert. Such words doe no work ; they are wind, and they pals away like-wind without imprefliou, upon the hearers;. They trouble theear, but touch not the heart. When the noife Of them is paft, all his paft. They are a found, and betides that a nothing. Windy meats are not nourifhing for the body, neither are windy words for the foul. Some knowledg, Both not build up, but puffe up, a Cor. 8. i. and that's all the knowledg, which fuch words can breed, when they breed any. Thirdly, Obferve, We are apt tojudge the words of tbofe that are greatly afflifled, to be but vain windywords. And we are ready to conclude, they_ complain more then they need. When the dfraelitesgroaning `tinder the preffures ofthat bondage, tent to Pharaoh for forme á- baterncnt oftheir burdens, we will not diminifh the tale of the brícks,only let straw be given us, no faith Pharaoh, Exod. 5. 17. They are idle,let more workbe laidupon the People,that they may la- bourtherein,andlet them not regard vain words. He refolved to deal wifely with them, and therefore inuit count them mad: their per- fans were near jobs condition, and their words were fullyunder the fame cenlure. Fourthly, hence note, That it is very finful to efteem:the words of the afflicted to be but wind. It was great uncharitablenefs in jobs friends, thus to expound and
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