Chap, 5, AnExpafrtion upon the Bait of Q$. Verfe. 24. 3$ 4i J O 13 Chap: 5. Verf. 24, 25, 26,27. e And tbou ¡halt know, that thy Tabernacle (hall be in peace, and thou !halt vft tby habitation, and ¡halt not fin. Thou¡halt know alfo that thyfeud floall be great, and thine off-fpring as the grajo of the earth. Thou ¡halt come to thy grave in afeel age, like ets afhockof Corne cometh in his feafm. Lo this, we have fear tied it, fait is, hear it, and know thou it for thy good. T the 79tb verfeof thisChapter,we had a promife of delive- rance from" evil, in fix troubles and in !even, in the verfes follo w- ing, we had a fpecification of fix, or leven troubles, from which deliierance is promifed. In there words we have the refult of all, a well grounded fecurity, in affurance of a four- fould bletfiag,. Firft, of a quiet'and happy life. Secondly, of many profperous children, v. 2 5.-Thirdly,of a long life. Fourthly, ofa fweet and comfortable death, v z6. everyone confirmed and ratifiedasa truth in it felf ; and by way of application brought home to job,, in the 27th or loft verfe of the Chapter. Vert. 24. And thou fhalt know that thy Tabernacle ¡hall be inpeace ? Theo their know it,] Knowledge is forntimes put for prefent fenfe ; He that keeps the Commandement!hall feel (Heb. lhall know) noeVil r and fo, Job ispromifed toknow, his Tabernacle !hall be in peace, he flail fee and feel it to be in peace. And Secondly, Knowledge isput for' experience ; as we fay of a rich man, Ht never knewpoverty ; and in that gfenfe, Ghriji is fail,. not to have known fin, 2 Cor, 5,21. Thus,alfo the godly man kno ws his Tabernacle íhall have peace, even by the peace which he hat!had ; from the former dealings of God, he gathers conclu- fions what God will do with him, for the time to come ; Thou !halt not find me a falfeProphet, or that I have fed thee with wind : Thou ¡halt know from experience, that thyTabernacle !ball be in peace. And there is a third wayby which this might be known, fc. by debate and reafoning: Thou fhait know it if thou doff but
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