Zoq. Chap.' 5. .Rn Expofitionupon the Book,of J pB. VerE35.. ding or mincie ; becaufé naturah.conception , is in the belly wrought ; therefore Eliphaz 'profecutes theAllegory in fu- table expreffions,Their bellyprepareth.deceit... The word figniñes, Accurately,.. Toprepare Strongly. Their bellyprepareth deceit : they exprefs a kindof curiofty in working, they are very exaE;t in every point ; they prepare with art, they willnot have theirwork like a Cobweb , curi- ous, yet weak:; but they muff have it Orong too ; theyprepare forelablithment, and plot as it were for everlatfing. So the word is ufeà (- Pfal. 37;-3 Pfd.89. I4.) Righteoufnefr and Judgment are the brrbitatìon of Clods 7hrone. It is this word, The e1%ablifitiment or firength of Gods Throne is Kigbteoufnefs and judgment : Righteoufnefs and Judgment are the balls and elabli(hrent of all Thrones that which hath made Thrones to totter in all Ages, hath been the want of righte- oufnefs and judgment. The wicked man in-the Text prepares not only curiously but firongly ; as he likes nobungling, fo he is not pleated with royes and bables ; he would lay his deigns fo cun- ningly and firmly, that as they laid of. the Powder-plot, All the Devils in Hell (hall not difapp6int it : hehopes to catch and hold, not the weakflies only, but theOrongeti Eagles, ira his deceits and (hares. 7' heir belly prepared) deceit . That is they prepare to deceive and enfnare : The Prophet denounceth judgment agtintii the Priefis, againff the houle of !the; , and againa the houle of the King, becaufe they had been a izare upon Mizpeb , anda Net fpread upon labor ( Hof 5 a.) that is, becaufe they had prepared nets and fnares to in- tangle and deceive the people: Their bellies prepared deceit; and fo did theirs, who (aid ( Jer. r 8..i 8.) Come let us devife devifes; let us contrive fomewhat to enfnare the Prophet(Jer. a 8.r 8) Their belayprepares h deceit : He (peaks in the prefent tense, as ifthey were always doing it ; they know neitherva- cation, nor cefï'atjon from this wicked work. It is a continued Aa, their belly preparatb. Hence, ..
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