Chap. io. An Expofition upon the Bookt cf J® li. Verl 27. 587 dwell upon the earth while they are in the body, yet even then their converfation is in heaven,& when they goeout of the bo- dy, their fpiritsgo to heaven,or return to Godwho gave them, and therefore they may well be reckoned among the dwellers in heaven. If we expound heaven in the Text of thefe,acd thele revealing the iniquitie of this wicked man, then the revelation is fort-nail and expreffe : God himfelfe, the good Angels, and good men, (hail in their feverall degrees and capacities rcveale his iniquity. Secondly, Take the heavens properly and litterally, and fo they may be laid to revéale his iniquitievirtually, or equiva- lently, while they by the powerfuli difpofe of God, hold out that which carrieth a fignification ofit. As theHeavens decl..re the glory rfGod, and tke firmament flicn'eth his handi-work( Pf. 19. r.) fo (in a fence) the heavens declare the fin ofman,and the firmament (heweth what his hand bath wrought. Thofe judgements which fall from heaven cry out ofand revéale the iniquitieofwicked men on earth ; fin troubles not only our owne houles, but the powers ofheaven. Some interpret the prefent place, as ifZophar did here intimate the fire which fell from heavenupon lob's flockes of (heepe, and devonred them; as allo the winde which fmote the houfe where hischildren were leafing, and defiroyed them. 'Tis proper enough for us to fay, and very profitable for us to confeffe, that the heavens reveale or declare the wickedneffe ofmen, as often as extraor- dinary fires from heaven,or impreffion from theayreby winds and formes fcorch and finite them in perfon, or fpoyle their pof (lions. Further, The heavensdeclare,when theheavens are (hut up, when their influences are flops, when they withhold the raine. ,, tanyuam re As God threatens in the old Law ( peat. z8. 23.) Theheaven fe, in ipfam that is over thy head /hall be braffe ; That is, It (hall yeeld thee dicisfenrentiiam no more moyfure thenbraffe doth. When the heavens areas ereyuunrur, ne- hard braffe, they declare the hard heartednefle ofmentor that ioneme vrina their heartsare like braffe,as the Prophet concludes ofthe flub- flan. Co. e borneand unreformed yewes(7er. 6.28.) rims the heaven /hall declare his iniquity. Hence note; Ffffz The
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