39,3 Chap. 5. An Expofitienupon the Bookof JOB. 'Vert. 2z' but confider, what the eftate of agodly man is, and what God bath fpokenabout that eftate,thoumayeft make out fuch acon- clufïoo, that certainly thy tabernacle&hall be in peace. There is a fourth wayof knowing, and that is, upon the tcfti- mony or word of another, this is properly called Faith : Those ¡halt knew it, that is, by looking into the word of God, or confi- dering the promifes madc togodlymen, thou&halt affent to and beleive this thing, that tby Tabernacle fhalt be in peace. Fifthly, Toknow, isas much as tobeaffurcd, or certain of a thing,and to know fo,is oppofed not only to ignorance and opi- nion, but it is oppofed to the lower degrees of faith ; I know that my Redeemer lives, &c. (faith job Chap.' 9. 25.) that is, I am Cure he lives. And the Apoftle z Cor. 4. 14. Knowing that be which railed up theLora fefus, fhall raife us op alfo b, Jefus. Knowledge is often put for affurance, and it may rife to thatpitch here, Thom (halt be affnred that thy Tabernacle[hall be in peace. Thy Tabernacle,) Tabernacles were of two forts. There were Tabernacles for civil ufcs,and the Tabernacle for the Church fesa They dwelt in Tabernacles, and God was worfhipped in a Ta- bernacle, and therefore (Eze!¿, 3. 4.) Ifrael and Judah, arc called Abolab and Aholibah. Jrael, the ten Tribes, is called ,4bolah, that is, a lent. or a Tabernacle, noting, that, theyha,i been the Tent and ti,eTabernacle of 1,od, wherein he was w-,efhoped ; but fuelab is called A bolib.eh, that is, my tent is in rh ''° becaufe God attha- ïmèc<vtrinued [he ourwat, his worthipto jdab, , it , " captivity. TTat or, to undcrfand civil Tab.: their ordinary habitations akostS or T :bernacles,becaufe of their frequent tcrn.ei s. c :,.. r._ .,f- terwards amongfl the Latines, the word for a Tent, or Tibert a- cle, fignified a bottle, or any plaçe wherein Men dvt r 'l a.nd fre- quent. Furncer, by aTrope, T;ibernacle fignifies all i m.ms e- frate or all his goods ; fo that when it is faid, thy T ber., aclefhall be in peace, the meaning is, thywhole eftate and family, whatever Solent frequeri. thou haft-fhall be in peace. tsim abiára Shall be in peace.) That is, it fhall be peaceable or in fafety; .9a ob Smphar' peace may beconfidered two wayes ; either fttiftly or largely : n Pro conreo Strialy, and fopeace is oppofed to wate ; either firfl, forreigne, pradicari or fecondly, civil, or thirdly, domeflicall war (Is we may call it
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