Then I said] Or, Therefore said I. Chap. 29. 16. I so thought, or so resolved; as Psalms 14:1. & Psalms 32:5. & Psalms 39:1. I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name] Considering how evill successe I had with my ministery, I was sometime in the minde to give over prophesying. his word was in mine heart as a burning fire] Psalms 39:3. I was weary with forbearing] I could have no rest in my soul, untill I had fallen again to my work, and returned to the execution of mine office. 1 Corinthians 9:17. See Chap. 6. 11. I could not stay] Or, hold. Job 32:18.