242_ Chap.i6. An 6xpofttion upon the Book of J O B. VerC6 faith, What goethfrom me ? I hat is, Wbat ofmy pain, what of myforrowgoeth awayfromme, when I ceafe, orforbear to[peak? So that, The general Senfeof this Verle is to Phew that his troubles were pall hope of red refs; they foundno cure; none by fpeeeh, none by filence : Grief is fometimes eafed by (peaking, Come - times by filence, either our ownor others. To fay nothing is a medicine for force men& furrow : the Sorrowofothers cannot be medicin'd, but by laying much A plailler ofwords hath cured many a wound , and the more . words have been ufed, the more Come wounds have fetlered, and the anguithof them hath increafed. Hence Obferve. There is no means ofremedy left for that evil which is not re- medied ly the ufe and trial of contrarymeans. If neither fpecch nor filence cafe a mans mind, what can ? We find fuch a kind of arguing ( though in a different cafe ) ufed by Chrifi ( Matth, i t. i6, 17. ) where when he would íhew how impoffible , or at lead how extreamlydifficult it was to pleafe the Jews ( theywere a humerous pcople, and let a manput Hint-elfin what pollute he would , they would find Tome fault,or have fomwhat toobjet againll him)Where- :auto ( faith Chrifi ) fhall Iliken this Generation? ( they were fo =toward, that Chrifi fpeaks as if he were firaitned,how to find out a tit comparifon for them:., or could fcarce tell to find out a tit companion for them, or could fcarce tell to what they were like ; yet he tells us,) They are like unto Chil- drenfitting in the Markrts,andcalling to their fellows,faying.,We havepipedandye have not danced;we hare mourned toyou,andye have not lamented. When a man will neither mourn with us, nor rejoyce with us,what íhá11 we do with him ? How ¡lull wepleafe him ? For what company is he fit? That filchwas the tendency ofthis Similitude, appears plainly in the Appli- cation which Chrifi makes ( Verf. it S.) For John carne neither eating, nor drinking , and they fay be bath a Devil : They did like the mournful, autlere courfe ofJohn : The Son of Mau` carne eating and drinking, and theylaid, Behold, a mangluttoe now ,anda Wine.bibber,afriend ofPublicans andSinners:They d:d not like the free converfe ofChrifi. When a people are of this fpiri t, or at this lock, that neither a man who is affable and courteous, ready both to receive, and give Civilities, is welcoraie.
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