26e Verf. t 3. an Expo,rtion upon the Book, of J o B. Chap. 36. the a 3th verte, They cry not when he bindeth them. They heap tip wrath, chat they do : They cry not whenhe bi7:deth them ; That they do nor. Thirdly , He lets forth their wofull condition by that which is an inevitable conrequent and fruit or fuch doing, and nor doing, the evil which they ,offer ; that we have (v, t a..) They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean: There are the parts of the wofull condition of hypocrites in heart. I (hall give a touch upon each of them. Fi. f} , Confider what they are doing :If you would know their p vytD, trade,'ris this ; They are heaping up wrath; they add wrath to Ponune Tram. wrath, till they make a mighty matle or heap of ir. There is a difference among force interpreters what wrath is here intended. They heap up wrath. iiá+tr,ponunt Fire, Some conceive that elihu meaneth their own wrath. ïram , rtxell=- Hypocrites in heart heapup wrath,that is, when God doth at any sunt,exeaudef- time bind them in fetters, and holdeth them in the cords of af» cum indown. Mrc: ili &ion, as he fpake in the former context, there hypocrites in hearr,what do they ? Do they obey ? Do they turn from iniquity ? Do they amend their hearts or lives ? No ; They heap up wrath, they grow angry, they vex and rage intlead of repenting; that's all there hypocritesdo ; when the Lord bath bound them in fetters, and holds them in the cords of affli&ion, they are 'all in a flame, they are mad with rage and fury. Some both of the Ancients and Moderns, infill upon this opinior, and it is a very great truth, thatwhen the hypocrite ih heart is under the hand of God, when God bath him Eafl inhis fetters, his wrath doth boyl, his fury comesup inhis face, as it is Paid ( Er,ek. 38. t 13. ) concern- ing the wrath of God toward his enemies: this fully anfwers that-affertion of Eliphaz,( Job , a.) Wrath käetb the fool,fh man. What wrath ? his own wrath ; he kills himfelf with vexing and fretting. The hypocrite in heart is a wrathfull man, when things go not right with him. Some have fo expounded that (Eph. z. 3. ) Te were bynature children ofwrath,.even as others, Children ofwrath, that is,wrathfull children; we are fall-of wrath, full of anger by nature. Though J do nor take that tobe the retire of the Apeale ;but that by children of wrath, he means all men as bone under the wrath of í:od, nor do I- conceive this the próper meaning here, though not unufefull. Theyheaps? wrath, that i,,, theygrow angry, vexed; and troubled ; But Secondly
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