s z8 Chap. ;8. Evpoft:ón upon the Xool¿of Jos. Vert.: r5; Thirdly, Artificial things, as well as natural , are alto the earths garment. All thofe fair buildings, Towns and Cities , all thofe goodly Edifices and Pallaces any where raifed upon the earth, are they not as a garment to the earth ? fo then faults and tea mutata flowers growingoutof the earth, flocks and herds livingupon. the fout amuta earth,houfes and dwellings built on the earth,are a clothing to the gillari,fleren- earth ; and they appear to be fo , by the coming forth and ap- tur (iii) relut pearance of the light ; that thews the beauty and figure of,the indumento (ob- earth , the trimings and "adorbings of it Thole things are to the du'tlo) Tun. earth, as a rich embroidered garment ,and light manifellsthem to .e. utcohi?c b` fo > rentur istprobi à pergendo« There is yet another expo(icion of this I4th verse , They/land féeleribus fair as a garment , that is, the wìckeçi fpoken of in the latter end of promovendir, the former verse , and are there laid, to befhaken out.of theearth ; :mignon ft °' wlao are alto. fpoken of , in-the followingverf , where it is Paid, talvereuit Their light is with-holden and their high arm all be broken. tam vultsss g , fh aut podes ipfo- Thefe wicked ones , when the light (hines , aremade tofland rum ut fequens forth , as in a garment ; That is (faith one Author,noted in the o,orfueamptiue Margin) the wicked are then with-held from going on in xpmctet lung theirwickednefs , or from profecuting and promoting their evil Zkmutetur ea Put tutu: chi deigns andpurpofes, as if their faces were wraps or muffled quite fisiilum impri- up with a garment, and their feet fart bound. Another gives the atitur ; &fi- fence thus ; Thatthey ( namely the wicked ) may be made w flenrur (01i) //and as coveredover with agarment. The cut ome of old, was to aanquam (ye. cover the facesof malefa&ors when found and declared guilty indumen. a to. 'rat movie of horrid crimes. drat velari Both thefe Interpretations carrefpond clearly with theCon- fonter, Pits. text , both before and after ; the Lord giving thisas a fpecial ter- vice,,that the day-fpring or lightdoth to mankind , the difcovery and de(iru6tion of evil men; aswill be feen more fully,in open- ing the next verse. Verf. t 5. And from the wicked their light is with- holden. 1t was Chewed before, that this i 5th verse fcems to be an Ex polition of the latter part of the a 3th verfe. There it was laid, The light takes holdof theends of theearth, that the wicked might be fhakenout of it ; here it followeth , From the wicked,their light is with- holden ; that is, wicked men , when the light bath disco- vered.
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