496 Chip. 29. An Exprfstìon upon the Bro.'Zof J o S. Verf. ro hear chore that can fpeak better then themfelvés. Some Cri- ticks conceive that the word of diígrace call upon Para/ by the Athenian Philofophers, 4oth rather note a picker up of words then , a Cower of--words..and they give the Original of the Metaphor two aayes. Fi:íf, as alluding to poor fellows in the Market place, Who:pick up the fcatrered comes which ;fail cut of the full facks Banding there. And fo it is as if they had laid, what will this limpie fellow fay ? 'Secondly, as alluding to thole little bird§, fpar- rotes, or the like, picking up the loofe corns in the furrows of the field at feed- time,which becaufe they are given much to chirp- ing and finning undelightful notes, may well ferve col exp effe bablers and vain talkers, who love much to hear themfelves ak though none elfe doe. The readieh way for fuch comake thtm- felves profitable fpeakers, were a while to refrain fpeaking, end -be_patient. hearers. Words fpoken in feafon rare like Apples of Gold in piE titres ofSilver (Prov. s5, is.) and fo a feafonable filence for thegathering up and feeding upon thole Apples. The Princes refrained talkeng, job proceeds uponale fame matter hill. Verf. ao. The Nobles held.their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roofoftheir mouth. Duces bellorum There Nobles may be taken for the inferiour fort of Magitirates. gui fotent auda- or City- Officers, as by the Princes, the highefi, or chofe next the ciaresetpomp- fupream. Some by Nobles underhand Captaines, or thofe who tiareseffe ad had the command in military ¡affairs, who as they are bold and toquendum, forward inaeting, fo ufually in Speaking ; yet even diefe,vere Aquin. down in the mouth when fob appeared. Another renders, The an- moll-eloquent leaders hid themfelves ; which lures well With Mallet tgeffores occul. tabanrf . Broughton: tranflatïon, The beff in voice would not be feels. As if Jun: Job had firuck the very Orators dumb, and made eloquence it ß'1'a1 Pelf fpeechleffe. The Hebrew word which we expreffe by Ne- Sic d&fli ed Ft ire coj - bier comes from a root, which, taken adverbially, lignifies any flupopi }liet : thing before us, direly oppofite to us, or in our eye fucn are quall e regione Nobles, they hand in open view, and are eyed by all : Men in high verfenrur. of ace (inch are Nobles) fail under a very generalobfervation Again, the Original word in the verb lignifies , to declare, to publifh, to teach ; and that three wayes ; Firh, by word ; fecond- ly, by gefiure; thirdly, by example. Jefus Chril'c is let forth by the
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