620 Chap. za. a fte Expofitiosc upon the Bookof J o a. Verf. 3.. Suffer me that d may ifieak:e. rIM adpon Theword which we render to buffer, liignifes tobear a thing let. fo asaburthen, and fo fome underfland it here. Bear me though , Indira! fie am erasion n I am burdenfome to you, and though my fpeech be as a pref- enerofam d7 fureupon you. Some words are p effing burthens, and require grauen on ftrong íhoulders to beare them. Some men are never fobur- fwfje anurie.. dentome as when they are fpeaking, it were eafìer to beare any part of them, then their tongues; Vaine words burden the wife, and the words of the wife are alwayes burdenfome to fooles. TheSermons ofthe Prophets are called burthenst-; The burthen of Babylon; The burthen of Moab; The burthen of 1 udah, was the word which the Prophet fpake concerning Babylon,&c. ThefeProphecies were called burdens,beeaufe they forefhewed the heavy judgements of God, which- íhould fall upon thofe places. And not onely is that word burdenfome, which carri- eth wrath and judgement in it, bat that alto is burdenfome to many, which carrieth anything ofholines or truth in it. And becaufe no man is very willing tobeare a burthen, therefore 7r:b b.gs, Suffer me tofpeake; that is,beare with me that I may fpeake, or beare me while I am {peaking. Further the words imply that as it was a burden to 706' friends toBeare him fpeake, fo likewife to lob that he was not fuffered to fpeake, (afftr me to leak ; his fpirit was troubled becaufe he had not freedometo fpeak,Give me leave,let mehave a faire hearing; Such fpeeches proceed from a troubled fpirit, from a fpirit troubled with fome flop, or meeting with fome impediment in doing that which it bath a greate minds to doe.. Hence note Firf4, heturruptiens are treublefome.- When a man cannot be permitted to fpeake his minde, he is moved to fpeake his paflion. 'Tunsgrievous to be kindred in doing fame things, as to be enjoyned to doeTome others.. Noce feclondl y.; words whichdoe-not ?kaleour ifiirits, norkit ouropinions, arevery banhenfome. 7abfpake the apprehenfioa of his friends about.himfelfe, He -.
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