594 Chap. 29. An Expofstion upon .the Book of J t, B. Verf,22. tí.sfa%ion, Ili were ready to do as he directed. Many good men have fpoken again when God bath fpoken, and though tney have not reified his word; yet they have had many fears and fcrtíples about it. Sec how tM'/cs, a holy man,wasditíatisfied,when God bid him go toPharoah (Exod. 4.10, a r.) faith he, lam not elo. quent(or aman of words) I cannot fpeak, Iamfloe of (patch, and of afl v tongued am heavy moutb'd(as the original text fpeakes) or meal mouth'd, I am unfit to fpeakat Pharoah, Court ; Courti- ers havenimble tongues, and oyled mouths, 1 am none of chafe. Therefore the Lord doch at once reprove and encourage him ; who bath made mans month ? Or.who maketb the dumb, or deaf, er the feting , or the blind ? have not I the Lord ? As if the Lord had (aid, fear not Mfes, I who have given thee a coinmnd to goe and freak to Pbaraab., çan give thee an ability, year facility and fluency of fpeech. Thus alto Jsrmrah Brake again 6.) and fodid Ezekiel (Chap. 4.,14) as diflatisfied Lords Commiflïoa, till he gave incouragement to the one,and forne dif- penfation,as to the lit ietnefs of his command to the other. Yea .Prtrr himfelfhaving heard the Lords. voice in a ;vïfion, ayïng Arife Peter , kill and eat.; fpake again (AU: in.. 14,,16.) not Jo Lord, (he was not fatisfied) Ihave never eaten any thing coma man or _unclean, Job's happincfs was very great in this ; his Au- ditors fpake not again as fcrupled at or diffatisfjed withwhat he bad fpoken., Thirdly, Much lefs did they (peak again byway of open and profeffed contradiaion, as Paul's Jewish hearers did at An - ìiach., when he had peach'd the whole body of 'Gofpel- Divinity tp them, both from the holyPcophefies and Hifiories of Chti I.; a sermon it was fo full of light and fife, that the Gentiles (that is) ¢hç greater part of the Gentiles who heard i', were fo far from Jpuakingagain,.that is, from gatn-faying, or conrradi6ling ir, - that they defiled Pau/ to (peak the lame things again (Alb 13,.; 40 The Gentiles befought that theft words might be preached to their the,rext..Sabbatb. But (y. 45,") when theJews foew themul titude, they were Flu/with envie, and fpake-;agaioaft tbcie things which:were fpoken byPeul,contraeVïling aYd blafpbeming,The P.0- 0,e, Jeremiah met with fuch.a fpeaking again,after he had fpoken (Jer. 4 ;.i, 2.) And it came to pafs,rbat when Jeremiah bad made anInd offpeaking to allthe people,all the words ofthe Loraitheirgod, for
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