198 Chap,15. !InExpofttionupon the Bookof J QB. Verf.31/2. Thofeare crying fins indeed,which caufe Bones (that can - not (peak) to cry :And what an anfwer can be given for thofe iniquities which provoke Timber beams to anfwer, fuch is the iniquityofoppreflion and injufiice, which are the fruits of bribery. See a parrallel place (Jer. 22, 13, 14, 15, 16, the fum of which may be drawn up into thisconclufion,given by Eliphaz. Fire(hall confurne the Tabernacles ofbribery. Eliphaz having thus defcribed the perithingellateofwick- ed men,as an argument to deter and llave them offfrom wick_ ednefs, concludes his whole difcourfe with an Allegorical re+ capitulation both of their fin and mifery, in the Tall wordsof -thisChapter. Verf.35.They conceive mifchief, andbring forth vanity and their bellyprepareth deceit. They conceive thifcbeif. The Scripture is frequent in this metaphor ; we have it (P/Mal. 7. 14.0 almoll word for word, Behold he travelleth with iniquìty,and bath conceived miffhief,andbath brought forthfalfr hood. (I fa. 59, 4.) They conceivemifcbief, and bring forth ini- quity. The Apostle ames(Chap, 1.15,) fpeaks the fame lan- guage,when lull bath conceived,it bringethforth fin,andfinwhen i finiJhedit bringeth forth death_All alluding to the natural con- ception ,information,andproduaion ofchildren.We have there three in the. Text before us, the order of the words being a littlealtered . Here is aril, Conception, They conceive mifchicf, Secondly, Formation, 7heir bellyprepareth deceit. Thirdly, The Birth, Bringforth vanity. More ftrid'ly to the method ofElipbaz we have firft, the conception ; Secondly, the birth offin : And as if one birth were not enough, they return to their work, providing for a new birth ofthe old man, Their Bellyprepareth deceit. They conceive mifehief, Theword which we tranflateMifchief, lignifies properly, iw Labor, labour,hard labour, or labour accompanied with a great deal ri ole l;o, ofpains and forrow ; its lignifies alfo wickednefs, pervert- verfiror, ne-fs. We tranflatemifcbief, They:conceive mifcbief, or fome mifchie-
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