Ciiáp.ó. 4n Expofttion upost the Book of J® B. y'crC2. .7 Words are Air or Breath formed and articulated ,by the inttru- ments of fpeech 'Hence breath and words are put tor the fame in divers Scriptures (Pfal.3.3.,6.) By the wordofthe Lardwere the hea- vens made, and all the heft of them by the breathofhis mouth. Breath in the later claufe, is no more then rrordin the firft , for it was a powerful word,which-caufed all the creatures tohand out in their . feveralforms. .He fhallfmite theearth with the rodof his mouth , andwith the breath ofhis lips (or with' the-wind ofhis *Gra la lips) fhalltheflay the wicked;- It is not blowing upon wicked men tiniProphetaa that will flay them, but it is fpeaking to them; there is a power in quofdamexHe- the word ofa Prophet,when fpoken in the-Nameof Chritt, which brao Cabiros defkroyes thole who will not obey it,Hof: 6.5:I have hewed tbera by cognominarunt my Prophets, I haveflain themby the words ofmy mouth. ru r m ad e eo. ru Secondly, * Bildadis conceived to allude to a certain fort or fed gravra.cm ofmen. For fromCabir here trantlated firong , the name ofcer- loquìcirorem tain -Poetsor oldProphets is derived , whom the Greeks and La- idfm tines called Gabirs or Gabirims. Thefe men had an affeaed out- ribantes.(;old. ward gravity, yet were full ofwords, and much iven to Battole- 'r vivo, e, li gie, repeating the fame things over and over. Bildad 'ranks fob Peter feuro:ers, (flyfone) with thofeProphets , How long-/hall the words ofthy ter versa. mouth be like thole roming Cabins, who by a needlefs multiplying of G! diiurrur a6 words,grated the ears, and burdened the fpirits of all the hearers ? hac t-ore; qu e Why dbeft thou (peak, as if thou couldit carry the matter with potent five pa- emptyword,,and bare repetitions. renrem denora,. Thirdly, The word firong wiñde, may note the floutnelsof brui. yobs fpirit , or the magnanimity he expreft in his words. fobs Id magna"t- language was not cold and chill,as if his breath' were frozen but he mrtaüm porell,qusdcc; fpake with hight andheat, Thefpirit and courage ofa man, breaths po;e attenuate out at his lips ; I-low longfhall the words ofthy mouth be a firong exha:fifilue winde? When wilt thou yedld to God,andlie humbly at his feet ? ti'ír'buratrr er What a heart haft thou ? Thou fpeakeft as big as ifthou had'fi tog never been-touched,as if God never laid one stroke upon thee;thoù .Cfp refponciae ;g n- haft a weak body, but a Rifffpirit ; Thou fpeàkeft as if thou do.Cajer, would(' bear all down beforethee, and by thyboldnefs,florm and lobs oráriarra r bluffer thofe out of countenance, who are here to give thee fuir frigid danga:dce Icd counfel. Fourthly, in the fimiitude; Hope long(hall the words of thy co cit. ra, Pi- mouth be as a firongwind? That is, how long wilt thou fpeák fis red. much ; and fpeák fo fiercely. For the word Cabir is mote then Gadol,which fignif es barelygreat. Gran- note, that it fig . ni ìe
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