Chap.19. An Expofition upon theBook of J OB. Verf. i 6. 2.411 bnmblefi intreatie, the intreatie of a poore man for an almes, according to that ofSolomon in the Proverbs, ( Chap. is. 29 ) thepoore man ufeth intreatie!, or,fpealkethfupplications , it is this word, Hefpeakcth humbly ; they that are rich and have enough fpeake big, the words of Great men are ufually like themfelves great and high, but poore men fpeakefupplications. yob did not fpeake commands, but fupplications to his fervant, he did not fpeake tohim as a fervant, bat as if himfelfe had been his fervant, at leant, asif he had been his fellow - fervant. As his ettate was brought low, fo his fpirit was humble; 'Tis comely when our exprefiions beare the image ofour condition. I entreated him with my mouth. There is fomewhat more in that. The mouth is the fhopofwords, ( as the heart is of thoughts) therethey arewrought and framed, and from thence theyare Pent out ; yet a man may fpeake and not with his mouth ; A nodwith the head, a looke with the eye, a, morion from the hand, have a language in them, efpecially from a Matter to his fervants and thereare geftures of the head, hand, cr eye, which may liignifie not onely fpeaking but entreating; but ?ob entree ted with his mouth ; AMatter may entrease by the mouthofano- ther, and fend a meffenger to entreat his fervant. Had lob done onely fo, that had been much ; but it is much more for a Ma- iler to entreat with his owne mouth, I intreated him with my mouth. I fpake my felfe, and yet I could get no anfwer. yob puts inall thefe aggravations to fet forth this part of his afliétion, he called, he intreated, and that with his owne mouth, yet his, fervant regarded not. Farther, His meaningis not onely that he could not get a word from his fervant, but that he could not get any worke from him f .b's fervant did not onely refufe to fpeake to him,. but to doe for him ; when a fervant makes no anfwer with his mouth, yet ifhe ad with his hand, it makes force amends ; his indufirioufneffe is a fatisfaction for his unmannerli e; and his diligence mayobtaine pardon for his f lance. VV6 read in the Gofpel ofa father who faid to one of his foils, goe, and he an- fwered, Iwill goe. but he did not, he anfwered with his mouth,. but not with his hand ; to another fon he laid, goe, doe filch a thing, and he fa:d, Iwill not, he did not onely not promife to oe, but plainly denied to goe, bat afterwards he repented an& went,
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