254. Chap. 4 An Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verf.x4. rhetorical' and artificialffraiaedeloquence, which naturallyplea- feth the ear, and takes the heart : which kind offjeech, is called, wifdarne of words (j Cot. 2.17. and the enticing words of mans wifdome( Chap.2.4.)They,havingan aptnefs it then to entice or perfwade, are called enticeing or perfwafive words. And becaufe he would have little or nothing of the creature feen in winning fouls, therefore the Apoflle proteffcs he ufed not foci eloquence of words. Great Orarours have carried whole Affèmblies by the ears. And leaft it fhouldbe thought that the Minifiers ofthe Go- fpel convert men with Oratory, therefore they muff not ufe filch choice rvords.It becomes them not, likeRhetoriciansand Orators, to polifh their (tile with anaffe6ed curiofity,and exafnefs oflan- guagge. But as affec`fed language is finfull,fo negleá,or rudenefs of fpeechis not without blame. We should labour ttfpeak properly and weightily : foit becomes us to chufe our words, and not to fpeak till we have heard what ourfelves would fay.And thusJob knew he ought to chufe his words,when he fpake to God; but he knew alto he could not makelany fuch choice,eitherofrhetorical and perfwafive words, or of logical' and argumentative words, as might fit him to anfwer God, or reafonwithhim. He was affu- red that neither the eloquence of his (tile could perfwade hirn,nor the flrength of his arguments convince hirn : How 'halll chute ont words to reafon with God ? In the Original the word [reafon] is not found ; only thus, Shall Ichufe out words with him? To chufeout words with ano- ther bears this elegancy, as ifJob hadPaid, If L fhould let my felt to chufe words with God, he would chufe better words then I, more forceable words then I ; he is more able infinitely to make' choice ofwards and matter to convince me, then I to convince him : For the word which.we tranflate [words] may fignifienot S;gn,lî:at caü- pa only words with which matter is cloathed, but the matter it fell w aut ratio- cloathed with thofe words. The fum of all is, I can neither rem, etfiecli- chute matter nor words to difcourfe and argue with God, sere verba el his invention and judgement about both, infinitely exceeds novas inveniremine. rationes vel ar- gumenta adfa- M. Broughton refers the word [chufing] to Job, and not to emcaufam fui- words,thus,Shall I chufe to word it with God? to plead and de- cicndam. bate the bufinefs with God ? SureIy ofall elef ions I would not make that,I will not chufeto make many words with God:Glence and fubi:niíflon I becomes me better. That's a good ferafe. But
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