Chap. t i. An Bxpofitiòn on the Book, of JO B. Verf.z. no food no tack in them ; you cannot pick one good bit out of a whole difcourfe. He that hath fpoken one fuch word hath fpo- ken toomany : howmuch more when a multitude of them are fpoken together ? As it thews the nobleneffe ofaction to do what is worthy to be fpokenof , fo ofelocution to fpeak what is whothy to be done. 2. When words are betide the matter , befide the bufinee in hand ; when we (hoot our arrows not eying the mark , arrow af- ter arrow, and all f the mark, this isreprovable. If we fpeak not to the point , venfpeak to nopurpofe. Be clear to that , and the feweft words , will make the fulled anfwer. Be off from that, and many words makenot a word ofanfwer. 3. 'When there is but a little matter in a great many words, when plenty of words have a fcarcity, a dearth ofmatter in them., Some contrast (as it were) the fpirits of a point into a few. words, and can give you much in a little, a largematter in a nary row compaffe. This is an excellent skill, though not always fit : becaufe all are not able to apprehend what is couched and drawn up fo clofe together ; all are not able to drink fpirits, but muff have them infufed into , and incorporated with larger difcourfes, and particular demonstrations. They mutt have line upon line, and precept upon precept, that is a multitude of lines and pre- cepts. Yet matterles%words are reprovable , how many foever they be, and the more they be,the more reprovable they are, Shall notfach a multitudeof words be reproved? q. A inultitude ofwords are tinfull, when they are aft-eclat ; when a man delights to fpeak much ; A man may be that to himfelf, which ezekiel wasto his hearers , as avery lovely fong, of one thathhath a pleafant'voice , and can play well on an inftru- ment,(EzelZ,33.3a.) Such will fpeak often and long,not that they care to profit others, but for their own applaufe, or to pleafe themfelves. y. And lathy When we think to carry it by the multitude of words i. In reference untoman , to fpeak a man or his caufe gum iu cteto down, to over-bear him with a croud or throng of words, Deusfat, i. e. Or fecondly, in reference unto God (Ecclef 5.a.) $e not hall, áongifime a _ to utter a thing beforecod, or concerning God, Why ? Per Ged enab:s de divinis áf heaven andthou ul. earth , therefore let thy words be few. reebceuff"e s ignora ri There is an infinite data' between God and man. We ale not mw efl. Bier. in loe. able to comprehend , or what God is ; we cannot reach Pod,
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