494 Chap. 29. din Expofitian upon the Bookof J o g, Verf, +: more. There the rife and meaning of this geflure was opened, and thither I refer the reader, I (hall ohly add two things. Firf}, That whereas there are two words in the Hebrew which lignifie thehand , the word here ufed fgnifieth the hand_ open, the hand in plain, or the palme of the hand , which fay fame (though I think it to be but a critical nicity) implieth fuch a flopping of the mouth, that not aword canget our, as when a man clofeth his mouth reich the palm of his hand. In quibufdam Secondly , Some of the Hebrewwriters expound . this clinic, regionibus ma- They laid their hand upon their mouth, as a gefiure teflìíying ho nus ofcutote- flour. And itis in ufe (as in many Nations, fo) among us, when ffanturhominés we come before honourable perfons, to put the hand to the fealrcui bona- in token of reverence. mouth eshibere ; rem fed ego adf :_ But I rather adhere to the former interpretation , that this ienriva, refero. a&ion orgefiure denoteth a total filence , which bell fuses with mere. what went before , They refrained [peaking; !and as they did fo when he came in, fo they would not venture to (peak when he had fpoken, nor offer their opinion after him , but refling in his judgement about it and determination of every cafe brought and pleaded before him, ,Laid their hand upon their mouth. Hence Note; Some have fetch is power in [peaking , that they pence all fpeakers. They (peak fo much reafon and with fa much authority, that as none can cent adiet what hath beenPaid, fo, to fay more were but to hold a Motile to the Sun. As the light of the Sun, when it rifeth , puts out all other lights, out goes the light of the Moon and , of the Srarrs, we fee no more that day by their fhining ; fo fome have lush a power of language , fuch a conquering Lo- `lick, and : perfwading Oratory, fuch weight and excellency of fpeech, that no man bath any mind to (peak after them: Thus Chrifl fpake with authority, and :often put all to filence ; He fo anfwered all their queßionr, that, after that they durfi not ask any queflion atall (Luk. ao, 40.) Such a Mtfler of words and reafon, tech a ul aflerofthe aff'em6lyes (as Solomon expreffeth ir, ecd, a z. t a.) was f b ; his words, were fuch goads, that every hearer was hired and pricks at`heart,they were nails fo fafibed,home driven and rivited, that there was ,no drawing of them our; and therefore, thePrinces laid their hand upon their mouth. Again,
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