chap. 3. AnExpofttion upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 24. 03 have quietnefs in our habitation isvery good, but to have bolinefs in it, is beff of all. 7hou (halt vifit thyhabitation, and (halt not fin. The word which we tran(late habitation, fignifies not only a houfe, but a wife, or a houfewife ; Hence fcme render, Thou(halt X19 vifit thy beauty, or thy fair andbeautiful wife, and(halt not fin ; Habitatio, Q The reafon is, either becaule a good wife is the beauty and orna- in fcefninino ment of the houle : or becaufe the knowledge,wifdomeand dili genere jignfa cat habits. gence of the wife, is a means to furnifh and adorne the houle ; or tricem make. iafly, thebutinels of a wife is fo much in the houfe, that fhe rem, f.. habi_ (hares names with the howl : the is, or ought to be like a frail, tantem in demo living with her houfe upon her back. The Apoftles ruleall.) be- &l'exornantetn ear ing, I will that theyounger women marry, bear children, guide the t8.ler:te Plal.68.r3. houfe, r Tim 5, r¢. And exhort them to be difcreet, chaff, keeper: at home. Tit. 2.5. Hence alfa probably, the fame word in He- brew, fignifiesa beautiful wife, and a beautiful houfe. We read it in that fenfe (Pfal. 62. r 2) Kings of armies will fly apace, and floe that tarrieth at home divided" thefpoile.She that tarrieth at home, or the beauty of the haute (fc. the wife) divided the (poile. The 3 a 3'113 meaning is, fuch viftory thall be obtained over the enemies of the Church, that the wives and weak women, (hall be filled with thole fpoiles, which their triumphant husbands (hall bring home them. But here, we may rather rake the word in the ordinary fenfe, onlywith this emphatic, fignifying (not bare walls, or a nume rous family) but a beautiful, a well furnifhed, a well ordered houfe. And fo we have the word, at the third verfe ref this Chap. ter, where Eliphaz faith, Ifaw the wicked taking root,andprefent- ly I curled his habitation, or his goodly, beautiful, flourifhing houle : So here, thou ¡halt vifit thy habitation, that is, thy houfe in all the beauty, order, riches and furnitureof it. Thou fhalt vifit] The word fignifies more, than to fee and look upon buildings and furniture o To vifit, notes in Scripture thefe threeor four things. "t9D z. To overlookor take careof thehoufe; to vifit the houle, í'ftavrt® is to provide for the haute. Pfal. S. 4. Lord what is man that shoo viftteff him -! that is, that thou takeft fo much careof him, and :haft filch waking thoughtsabout him. 2. To vifit the houfe, notes an enquiry of what isdone in the houle, how things go in the family, 3. It iampòrts a callingofall to asaccount and rtcliOning,aboNat add what.
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