Chap z8, e.ßä Fxpefetion upan the Bock of JO B. Verf.2 Song a difpute, had hindred him from unburdening his minde, and offering his opinion : Flow long will it be ereyee makean end 'ofwords ? As ifhe had laid, Willyöu two have all the talke, Jball not Iandmy Brother befufferedtofpeakourjudgements ? How long will it be ? Thn§ he is fhppofed to grow angry, not onely with icb, but with his friend. Secondly, Others think that Bildadfpake onely to his friends and companions in that difpute, and not to Tob,at all; as if he had altogether diflkect the courfe which they had taken for lob's convi&ion; How long will it-be ereye make an end of words ? As ifhehad faid, Tee have not hit the poynt, norfítated the queflion right,yee doe butfpeake words allthis while, ye are not yet upon impsden ia, .Mirordevfha thematter. Othersmake it out thus,whj doeyouwrongyourfelves quod cumper fò much, and difparageyourwifedome to talke withlocha man as f'icuum fit, yea this yob is ? .4 man offo little reafon, and of fo much pallor ; es mventum ver- man fo obdurate in, andaddiEted to his ownway ; a manfo high in ba proferre andflitfeto his Droneconceit : `Doeyee not perceive thatyr, labour in !tares , vaine that your words eri into are and leaveno im re tons up- roe '" p yr , P .lf cesvicia fe- on this hardned man?both he not calkyour counfels behind hisback, tisfacere cona- and refute allyour advice, ?"therefore beyeadvifed, giveover,make. mrai. Bold. an end ofwords. Which way foever we take it, whether Bildad freak to yob in confort- withEliphaz, or ()only tohis friends, the heat ofhis fpirit breaks out at his lips. And hisowne words pro.. claim, ifnor-hispride, yet his impatience, ,while he faith, How, long will it be ere¿ee make an end ofwords ?' Hence Note. Long 'difputes kindle pafons. In. thofe a0s.,wherein reafon fhould doe all;pafíion would' doe mofì andcommonly doth toomuch; hence, inftead ofar- guing we fall to inveighing, and for reali convic`fions give perfonall = provocations. Moil; are fo immoderate in difputati- on, that they need a moderatour, as much to quiet their fpi rits, as to Bate their queftions and opinions. Solomon tells -us. (Troy. 27. 17. ), that, As Iron fharpenethIron,fo-a manJharpe- nob the countenance of his.friend. When we whet one Iron upon another, the edge groves keen ; thus a man fharpeneth the coun- tenance ofhis friend. The word that we tranflate countenance, %gnifies .alto anger, or paffion; becaufe,_anger quickly appears ate
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