32o Chap. 39. an ExpofitIon upon the &oek,of j o B. Verf. 3. They rafts oat their forrows. Which may be underflood two ways ; Firfl, bowing to free themfelves of their young ones, their forrows end, or there is an cnd of their forrows,theyare cart out,Secondly,Thus they call out their forrows; that is, their young ones are call out which have put them tomuch forrow & grievous throws,&fo may well be called their forrows ; as Rachel called that child with which (he had fuCh hard travel, Ben-oni, The fon of her forrows (ten. 35. a 8,) Theword which we render forrows, lignifies cords and bonds, implying, that thefe creatures are girded and bound about with extream pain, until (by the power of God in nature) they receive deliverance. Some are bound and girded with troubles, in and from the world, who yet are not forrowfui ; we through faith may evenglory in tribulation (Roma 5. 3.) but theywho are for- rowful, arealwayes bound ; and therefore the fame word figoi- fieth bonds and forrows. They cafb out theirforrows. Hence note ; pirfl, Even wildeandfavage creaturesbringforthwithpain, This ispart of that vanity brought by mans fin upon thecrea- ture, of which the Apofile fpeaks (Rom. 8. 2z.) We know that thewhole creation (or every creature) groaneth and travelleth in Qtsis w'. pain together until now. The creaturesgroan, as being ladenwith a heavy burden, and they travel inpain, as a woman withchild, to be eafed and delivered of her burdcn,even thofe creatures which in proper fenfe, neither travel nor bring forth, yet are laid to groan and travel in pain, by reafon of the finof man; and there- fore the App(lleraith,They groan and travel in pain together ; that is,all thecreatures joyn in this.They donot fome groar,& others ling, force travel in, pain, andothers t reel in or take their plea fure, but they are all (as it were) fenfible of their fad change, and bewail it fadly ; and (faith the Apoflle) theygroan and travel un- cil now, or untothis now ; not as if their groaning did then ceafe when this was faid, but to (hew that it had continued without ceafing, until that inffant now ; and fo it will continueuntil the manifefiation of thefuns of God, fpoken of (veal; t9,) As boon as man finned, the Lord laid that afflielion on the woman, Infor- row fhalt thou bringforth (Gen. 3. 16.) Now that which was Hi de-
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