418 Chap. z 3. eln Expofitionupon the Bookof Jo B Verf, 13. They who have high thoughts of tisemfelves, thinkmeanly of what is faid unto them byothers. Were men low in their own eyes, they would embrace every advice that bath truth and holi- nefs in ir. Atthe 5t" vc rfe job faid, O thatyou would altogether holdyour 'peace; herehe turns his wifh into a charge, Holdyour peace, let me alone that Imayfpeak, But loth :jab, as many, who becaufe they love tohear them- felves fpeak, delire others to hold their peace ? Dotti job fpeak thus becaufe he wouldhave all the talk ? Or becaufe he was re- folved to have the laft word ? 7o6s modeffy and humblenefs of mind may acquit hith from fleck imputations. This his forwardnefs to fpeak, and impor- tunity for audience, didboth arife, not from his own delire to fpeak, but from awillingnefs to reetifie what his friends had fpoken amifs, and to fet hiinfelf right in their opinions : or he advifes them toehold their peace, left by fpeaking as they had done they Mould lofe their peace. Many break not only the outward peace of others, but the inward peace of their own fouls, becaufe they "'cannot (in this fence) hold their peace. There might be mtich More peace than there is, in our hearts,in our houfes, in the côrmon-wealth, in the Church, ifwe could teach our tongues to hold their peace,. when it is unfeafonable to fpeak. There is a time tobe filent, and a time to fpeak;could we time our tongues well, howwell might we timeour anions ! becaufe our words are founruly; therefore our wayes are fo un- even. job faw it was time for his friends to hold their peace, and time for him to fpeak : Thereforehe faith, Holdyour peace, let me sloee that Imayfpeake, Why dotti Job add, Let come on me what will? AOErange kindof fpeech. Doth it become a man to be fo refohite, or ra- ther (as the words at first view import) fodefperate? Is not here the voice of defperation ?. Would any wife man fpeak fo ? Letcome on mewhat will. Tacete paul:f - peae logrcar sodeuA m:bi 5 The Vulgar tranflateth thispart of the fence thus, Hold your lens fùggeße- peace that I way fpeak¿; whatfoever my mind fuggeffeth to me, or, ;it..Vulg. JJoidyeast peace; 7ct rye fpeak, n,hatfoever comes ;ntomy mind ; as if
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