Chap.i6. An Exrofitionupon the BookofJ QB. Verf, 237 He doth not there anfwer his Queflion, nor tell us how forci- bly they art, but here he doth. They are of filch force , that they firengthen weak fouls, and affwage the moti (welling floods of forrow. God at firfi gave being and motion to all creatures, with the movingofhis lips : He by the moving of his lips hat h ever lince ordered all their motions: The wo,d of man produeeth great etfeds , the tongue lets all hands on work ; and what almofi cannot the tongue of man do ? The tongese is a little member ( faith the Apatite James.Chap. 3 5.)andboa¡leth great things : Now as the tongues of vain men boati great things which they cannot do ; fo the tongues of wife men can really doe great things. Vain men ( as we fay ) will take thieteen to the douzen, but cannot perform one. Wire men though they ('peak, net mach,yet they canperform much with a wordfpeaking. And though as the fame Apofile declaims moli holily again[i the tongue of a wicked man ( Verf. 8.) that his tongue is fuck an unrulyevil , that no man can tame it; yet there have fcarce ever been found any men fo unruly , but the tongues of wife and godly men have tamed them ; yea , the tongue of a wife man is toan unruly man , and often to a multitude of unru- ly men, as a bit in a Horses mouth, or as a Rudder to a Ship} turning him or them about which way foever he lilieth ; as this.Apofile.teacheth us by there fimilitudes ( Verf. 3. 4.) the tongue of every man is to, and dáh . to himfelf, whether it be good or evil.And as the tongue of man is thus powerful in civillizing the rude,. and in appealing the humours cf thofe who are moli outragious ; fo it is very powerful in fùpport ing thofe that are ready to fink , and inalfwaging the grief of thofe who are moli difconfolate and forrowful. Lafily , Whereas Job fpe.aks peremptorily, as if he faw the cilia, or were allured ofit aforehand, I would ¡1renghthen you with my mouth,and the moving ofmy lipfhould affwageyour griefs Job knew that the fuccefs of all his counfels depended upon theconcurrence andblaring of God ; yet thus he (peaks. Hence Note. Amanmayfay be bath done thatfor the doing ofwhich be bath' ufcdfutable andfaithful endeavours , whether the thing be done or no.: The Lord faith to Ierufafern. by the Prophet Ezekiel (Chap.
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