Chap. 1 3 . AnExpo f ition upon the Book o f JoB', V . 3 ( foh. 16. 12.) I have many thi4g.r to jay unto you, Gut Joss cannot hear them norv. The nor was not feafonable, therefore Chrift was talent. 7. It is a feafon of filence, When what we (peak may 6e a grief and burrhen to the fpirits of any, efpeciaily of thofe that are alreadyaliEled ; we mutt not make the green wound bleed afrefh; nor at any time fl:eak to the wounding of any whom God would have us heal. In thefe cafes it is our wifdom to hold our peace. There are three forts of peace- holders. Firtf , there are force who hold their peace, and it is their cunning, they are lilent upon delign ; it is not their wifdom, but their craft; they will fay nothing leil they fhould difcover them felves. Secondiy,Thereare others who hold their peace,and it is their weaknefs ; They (peak nor, becaufe they cannot fpeak, either what theyought, or as they ought. Thirdly; There are thofe who hold their peace, and itistheir wifdom, as in the cafes before alleaged. Secondly, Obferve, Speech d;fcovereth what we are. When Job faith, if you would hold your peace, it Ehortld beElagaere kt tá your wifdom, it was an argument that the fpeechof thefe men videavt had difcover'd their folly : We may fee what men are bywhat they fpeak, as well as by what they dos and by thefe two, all of man, that is knowable by man, may be known. What we . are in being, the fame weare in wing and in fpeaking,if we ad or (peak our felves. Man is made as vifible bywhat he fpeaks, oratieefí imp as what he fpeaks is audible. Speech it is the Image of the foil, or ;o vel ¡pecxlrtae the looking-glafs of the mind. As we fee our faces in a glafs , anirai:rtt sir eft fo othersmay fee the face or reprefentationof our fpirits uponitaejuj ®rtti our fpeech. The fashionof the body fhines by reflexion in the glafs, and the form and frameof our hearts is refleíted from our lips. Our of the abundance of the heart the mouthfpeaks: And as we takeveffels orglaffes, and knockupon them, that by the found we may perceive whether they be whole orcrackt; fothe found which we make difcovers,whether webe crackt or found The crack in the glafs wotgld not be feen eafly, if it were not heard ; and many a mans folly and ignorance wouldnot appear, g, couldhe but keephis own counfel. B b b jas :
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