.1111MININ 428 Chap, Io. Expofition upon the Book of JOB Vert r,r,. I will fpeak in the bitterneßof my foul, Abitter-foul bringeth forth bitter words. Out of the abun- dance of the heart, the mouth fpeaketh. If there beabundauce of joy in the heart, the mouth will (peak joyfully; and if there be Loper use_ abundance of forrow in the heart,the mouth fpeaks forrowfully. quid_ mrhi afJ3t- As when there is abundance of filth in theheart,the mouth (peaks- fiiofuggsgirit. hlthinefs. We mayfee the lines and image ofmans mind drawn upon his words One manfpeaks -in the anger ofhis foul, and he fpeaks angerly. Another fpeaks in the pride ofhis foul, and he fpeaks proudly. Athird fpeaks in the profanenefs of his fouland he fpeaksprofanely. Again, one fpeaks in the courageof his foul, and he fpeaks couragioufly. Another fpeaks in the patienceofhis foul, and he fpeaks patiently,. A- third fpeaks in the faith of his foul, and he fpeaks believingly. There is-a nearnefs to this afire, in thatof the lixtieth Pfalrn (verf i 6.) God bath fpoken in his ho- liners ,_arid we are affured he cannot but fpeak holily, who isall holy., I (faith job) will the bitternefl ofmyfoul, and he fpake bitterly ; his foul was bitter, and fo was his fpeech too. What he means by the bitternefsof his foul, hath beenopen-, ed heretofore, in the third Chapter, and in the feventh Chapter- veil- t L. thither Irefer the Reader. In brief, I rurllfpeak in the bitternefl.of my foul, is either this, I will let out the forrows ofmy heart at my tangue,and it (hall ap- pear by what I fay, what I feel. Or Furth er,I mill fpeak in the bitterneflof my fou /,maybe taken as Kantor! mea anApology for what he fpake. As if he had faid,Do not charge-my futurali nt complaint uponmy own account, IfI (peak bitterly, it is not I that verba, quaet atetalnarrtu fpeak but the bitteruefs that if me. As Paul, when he did what would not, pleads he , in the feventh of the Romans, It kr no mare dverat et ex. I that.dòit,but fin that dwelleth in me. It is not I Paul an Apoftle, corquet orario- not I regenerate Paul, but the remains of unregenerate Paul of Paula Pharifee, which rebeIi againfl the Law-of God,. In the fame manner faith jobhere, and fo fay-the Saints Are we at any time impatient, and complain more then becomethus; know it is not we that fpeak, but the bitternefs of our hearts. The thing. which we would not, that fpeak we and therefore it is not we that (peak, but the furrow that dwelleth in us. So then, speaking in the bitternefs of- the foul, notes either the excels
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