-208 Chap,YS. ,/in Expofition upon the Book of J O E. VerC 35. is not concluded byit, hewill try a fourth and a fifth time too, His belly againpreparetb deceit. Thirdly, His hope to (peed at laft, put him forward' to new experiments, when former ones have failed ; he perfwad'es himfelf he fhall obtain, ifhe continue. As the Saints having prayed, and waited longwithout an anfwer from God , yet go on, praying, theirbelly prepareth new prayers, becaufe they have a good ground to hope that God will hear at laft So ungodly men perfevere in plottingmifchief,becaufe theyhave Prong hopes ( though but the fhadowofa ground to hope ) that they fhall one day accomplifh their delires, As the heart would,break for forrow ; fo both heartland hand would break offfrom labour, were it not for hope. But where hopeof at- taining lives, efpecially where it is lively, there,Tuch will la- bour as long as they live : though they have ¡hitherto been deceived in their expectation , yet their bellyprepareth de cert. Thus Eliphazprofecutes his dehortation ; and though he faith not to job, as Nathan did to David , Thouart the man yet Job was the manhe meant,' the man, who (in his opinion.) hadconceivedmifchief, and brought forth vanity yea , theman whole bellywas even then preparing deceit. Howmuch Eliphaz was deceived, appears upon the whole matter what lob's belly, his tniñde, his inward man was preparing , will appear by his own anfwer in the two Chapters follosi ing: J B,
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