Chap. 20. An Expofition upon the Bookof J O P. Verf. z. 44' Carafe me to anfwer. e vd eyes, like thatflaming [word, which turning every way waslet to keep the way ofthe tree of life inParadife,leaft Adam fhouldmedie with it. So, faith he, thou terrtfsef us with the (word, as if it were drawn against au in cafe weshouldattempt further againfl thee, but I ampfarre from being terrifiedby thy threats, that for this very reafon do my thoughts caefe me toanfwer, and for this doe lmake hafte. Perceiving howwrongfully youapply the judgements of Cod,it is timefor me to reîtifie and reduce you,confidering alfo that the ter.. roter you parere out upon us is fallen uponyourfelfe,and thatyou are wounded with the fwerdyou fpeake of: Haveyou notfelt the ¡mart ofit ? doth not this argue that you are the man, ated thatyou have ityourfelfe whileyouaymed at us ? Thirdly , It may be referred to thole reproaches (as he in- terprets them ) and lucre cenfures of their dealing with him. And then the reafon is plaine in the third verte, where the ac- count ofthat, therefore, is thus given; Ihave heard the checkofmy reproach, thereforedoe my thoughts,caufe me to anfwer, andfor this doe Imake haste ; we may put both thefe together, as if he had thus more plainly exprefledhimfelfe ; Thou haft not only threat- mod, but reproached,not onely terrified, but checkedandcenfured tea, for this my thoughts carafe me to answer, and for this doe I make hafte. Therefore doe my thoughts. Thoughts are the firft»borne of the foule, our inward moti- ons ; Theword which is here ufed in, the Hebrew for a thought is very elegant, properly fignifying the boughs of a tree, be- cause our thoughts !hoot out from our minds, as branches doe from a tree,the force ofwhich word was openedat the4.th Chap. V. r3. Therefore doe my thoughts Vtry convene. re eft in The expreflìon notes an wive putting forward, or a thruf- ttiphi[Hbi pt,_ ing him on to anfwer, as if he had not been mafter ofhis owne p ",efgn`ffat fpirit, or could not withstand the impulfes which 'were upon i9.re 7 dre fnacere: gdddo do him. His thoughts did not onely containe the ,matter which verbi agitur he had to answer, but they provoked, and .( as we-rendcr) can- 7Bfponderef . fedhim to answer, or ( according to the letter) .'to return, my nifleat thoughts saufedme to returne, my thoughts preffefine:As ifhe had e i Jfimxldt ,fiid;lt was myparpole to havegiven thee over,(1...to4ave medledno urge: ac deceit, L I vim rat Mt. Jun.
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