Chap.15. An Expoftion upon the Bookof J OB. Verf.;5. mifchievousdevife to the dithonour ofGod, and the wrong o1-min 199 they conceive. Conception is here the work of the mind, we ordinarily fay, We conceive fncb a thing; that is, we take it in, or appre- hend it by an as of the underilandiug. Here's the trail charat`er ofa wicked man, he is one that conceives mifchief. The allufion teacheth us. Fir[l,That a wicked manfins with muchfreedomoffpirit,or he finsfreely. He conceives mifchief. The conceptions of the mind cannot be forced, nor can the conceptions of the body; and therefore the Law refolves it, That there is no rape, where conception follows. Thefe eonccptions are the loynt naings of the-will and underflanding, both concur in then:. An 'unregenerate perfon is free to do evil, he needs not be forced to it, he caìrot be forced froth it ; and every evil is themore evil, by¡how*uch the more freely it is done, The more voluntarily we fhi,The more Wickedly we fin. Again, The concptlons Of-the-mind, are deliberate, there is a collecting ofone thing from another, a debating in con- ceiving - Hence Note. Secondly, Wicked menfin with deliberation, They fit down and medttate,they lay the frame ofwickednels in their hearts, and then fe; it up, or at it with their hands. Note thirdly. All the conceptions of wicke,dmen are wickednefs. They are very fruitful in wickednels, and they bear no other fruit. Mifchief is not only that which he conceives, but all that he conceives ; he conceives nothing elle. A wicked man can- not think or conceive one good thought; he may think of that which is materially good,but he conceives no good(Gen. 6. 5.)All the thoughts of the imaginations ofhis heart art only evil, and thatcontinually, All theCreatures which he forms in his mind, all the children of his underfianding, are deform eel and monflrous ; lie conceives mifchief, which as it notes a continued ad, foan aft continued about, or upon the fame objea,: Fourthly,.
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