Chap. t 2. AnExpofition upon the Took of JOB. Verf. 20. 295 of thofe Counellours whom the people chufe,and Trutt: So al-- fo of thofe whom Kings and Princes chufe for, and'Truft with gr:at offices and emploinuents. But how death God remove away the fpeech of fuch men : What ? loth he make them fpeechlefs, or ftr1ke them dumb ? he can do that ; hut here ( I conceive) the removing of fpeech may be taken two ways,frft,only,for an abatingofthe abilityof Beech; fo that they who would ,cannot give counfel,either with that clearneffe. of judgement, or freedome of language, which theyhave fometimes [hewed. Seconly, For the changingor turning of the renour of their fpeech. When a man fpeaks un- like himfelf, contrary to what he bath fpoken, when he fpeaks as if he were not the fame man, then his fpeech is removed VVhena man, who once fpake for.the truth of God, fpeaks a- gainft it: VVI:en he that once fpake for the rights and jut} liber- ties of men, is now heard fpeaking againf them : VVhen they who in every fpeech were wont to advance thofe counfels which tended to the peace and fafety of Kingdoms, (hall upon all emergencies fpeak that which dotlt but lengthen out their trou- ble anddanger, Then know the fpeech (f the trefly is removed, The (Meech to never removed till tree heart be. The miede is f'rf changed, and then the words. As the manner of fpeaking 'Thews of what countrev we are,Thoeeart a Galilean, and thyfpeeéh be- wr Beth thee : fo the matter which is fpoken, difovers of what part we are.We may fay to many,you are thus or thus,for your fpeech bewrayeth you: and to fome,You are removed from the caufe youOnce appeared in,fr yourfpeech is removed: you have certainly turn'd tables, and changeyour intereft, for your lan- guage is changed, and your difcourfe runs counter to all you did before. This is the removing of fpeech. But how can we attribute this to God ? I anfwer, God changes or removes the fpeech of the trufty,not by makingthem unconftant and unfaithful, but by leaving them to their own unfaithfulnefs and unconftancy : Every man (even the belt-of men) have a feed of unfaithful.nefs, or a principle of apoftacy in them, and if God leave them to themfelves, they are quickly turned afide. No man knows what his heart will do, till he is tryed. The time of temptation is the time of difcovery. Changes in
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