622 !Char). 21. An Expolition upon the Bookof J o B. Ver(. 3. lifh fpeaking is grievous to the wife, fo alto may that which is wifely fpoken, if it croffe the graine of their fpirits, as was toucht before. Therefore faith ?ob, Suffer me that I may .Feake. Thirdly, ?obmight thus crave their patience, b:caufe be had been taxed byhis friends with too Much (peaking ; Should not the multitude ofwords be anfwered ?(faidZophar,Chap.11.1. Should a wife man utter vain knowledge,andfill hie belly withthe Eafiwende? laid Eliphaz,Chap.1 .2.As if they had both laid, Thu man will never have done, he taper everlafkingly. Now yob as to this alto anfwers their fence ofhim ; For as theyd !tatted what he fpake, fo as they thought, he fpake too much ; there- fore he now adds ; Be it that I have fpoken toomuch, yet give me leave to fpeake a little more, Soifer me to (Peak, I have yet fomewhat to fay. From this fuppofition; obferve ; That a manofmany words is very burtloenfome. This hathbeen noted fromother paffages, whitherI referre td genie hemi the Reader ; Talkativeneffe hath ken diflaftfull in all times reo fug,at op0r' One of the Ancients in his Chara ter ofmuch (peaking, puts rer quijyuir fe- this Odium and fcoffeupon it ; Ifa man (faith he) wouldavoiie brecarere vo- !xis. Theorh. an ague, or a fit ofafeaver;let himkeep out ofthecompany ofmen lib de char. given to talke. It is enough to makea man ficke, or to turnhis eop.de Garu,i. fromacke to heare Tome fpeake; and'ris not eafte to beam any man fpeake very much ; tome knowing this run into a further error burdening their hearers with many words to excufe their many words, and (which makes the matter worfe) make long Apologies for their long and much fpeaking. lob fermes to make an Apology for, his, but 'cis a very thouone r Suffer me that Imay leaks. Rpgotu,ri f SAnd after I havefpoken, mockon. gum habenrrt TheHebrew is inthe Singular, After Ihavefpoken,mockthcu laxenead r¡den- on and hence force conceive that lob applies himfelfe, efpeci- r,um, aadianr as p ally to Zn h having obferved him, more then the ref! con- gasfltdi<:.wrut; a g ore free quad temptuous, and lcornfull, mockthou onZophar; yet under tie con(ihñ urent, singular number, all may be comprehended, and what he ve! "'n fe non fpeake; to one he meaner of thewhole three, mockon. (Imam urn. N,erc. Io laying fo, ,.Iob doth not encourage themtomock, or coun-
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