Chap. 26. An Expo]%ion upon the Book of J Old. Vert, 4 ther as a fon of thunder, of wrathand judgement, or as a tonof peace, of ;oy and confolation. Offorme have comp:=f n ( that is, deale tenderly with them, lode V. 2z.) malting a d f rence, and others lave with feare, pulling them out of the fire. We do but cad$ words into the ayre,unleffewe thus make a difference in the man- ner of fpeech, as they differ to whom we fpeake. Whenwe have duely weighed, the matter which, the per Eons to whom, he fea- fon when, the meafure how much, and the ni inner in which we ought to fpeake, then we are like to fpeake to purpofe, and (hall be above this reproofe which yob here gives Btldad ; To whom boj thou uttered words ? Andwhofefpirit came from thee ? The word which we tra ,il tre fpirit, fignifves alto thebreath ; !whole fpirit or wbofe breath came from thee ? the fence is the fame. And First, Some interpret 7 b thus; Wh<,fe fpirit, or whole breath camefrom thee ? Th:t is,Con.:det O Bddaa, whole fpirit moved thee, or who breathed chefe things into thee ? whole breath or who'e fpiri' came tom th e when thou didit utter there words ? fo'tis a rebuke of Beldads peefamp.ion, as if he had corceived himfelíe wrought or a&d by tomeextraordmar5 fpirit.whtle he was !peakirg,or that the thing: wh ch he uttered had been dropt into him by an immediarr R_veL,tion from heaven; whofe [pint cs+re from rbee ? what breath, wh t gale hash filled thy fayles F thou haft high conceits of thy felt, as if Goa had fpoken ro thee by Ns fpirit, Ar as if thou itdlt fpoken there things to me from his mouth' B t,. it it nor rather clay owne fpirit, thy ow,,e h. art which bath dhftated there wore's untoThee?S me thinke the fame fpirit crimes from them when they peak, which came from the. hol . P ophets and Apo!tles, who }et are d ceived, The Di`ciples of0101 thought the fame foirircame fn .m them, which came from Elíah when they faid(Lako9 54.) L.`4, milt thou that we command fire to come downfrom heaven,andcrn,jumt thew as Etat did: But be turned and rebuked them, and faid, ye know not what manner offpirit ye are of. As if he had laid in the language offob, ye know not w ofe fpirit comes fromyou;ye would (peak the words of elide, but ye have not the fpirit ofEliat ;you have a zeale but not according to knowledge;yours iä but a hwmane affeetton,not a divine
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