38.6 Chap. 5. An Expofition upon the Book, of J O B. Vert. 24. what is done in their difcharge of family duties. 4.. To vifit, is worder and direct, to command and give pre- cepts for what (hall be done. Hence frequently in the old Tefta- ment, theCommandementsof God are expreffed by this word, hirprecepts.So then,thois /halt vifit thy hotefe, or thy habitation,may take in all thefe ; thou (halt as a Matter, view, or over -fee, dire: and call to account thy houleand family. In this fenfe,tüe word is commonly ufed amongft us ; That Or of the Bifhops calling their Dioceffes to an account, and over looking them, was called their Vifttation. And over Colledges,Hofpitals.and fuch publick foundations,Viltors are appointed,to fee and take an account,how the rules and ftatu tes of thole places are obferved. Thou(halt vi- fit thy habitationandfhalt net fin. But how is it Paid he (hall do this, and not fn ? Doth not fin mingle with all we do ? The word here ufed, fignifies, a: Tropically, to erre, faile or ktr.n mifcarry in the general. a. Properly, to mifs a fpecial mark or way, to (hoot awry,or, wander inftead of walking ; as (Judg.ao. Erravit dvia 16.) It is Paid of ttófe leven thoufand Benjamiter, that they velfcopo. could (hoot at an 'mires breadth, andnotfin, fo the word is. or not mifcarry, not mils the mark. And becaufeevery tranfgreflion, is None ofjicierè a wandring out ofthe way ofGods Commandements, or a (hoot - ptena pre ta. Pang. in betide the mark of his word ; therefore that word in Scri - coang. g p ton idder ture, is commonly ufed for finning. non accipier Here the word admits of a two -fold interpretation. damnum out Firft, For the fruit or effect of fin, thus, thou (holt order and detrimeuturtr, over-look thy family, with fuch wifdome and difcretion, that Tang. thou (halt not erre or do things befide the rule of prudence, and CurabH testa- v a f& domum fo bring mifcarriages and troubles upon thy affaires by fin. tuam, at ear Mr. Broughton.tranflates to this fenfe, Thou Jhalt vifit thy babi- procuranr, non tation,and fball not mifprofper. And fo Eliphazmay hint at Jobs frui,cedent foe former loffes at the overthrow ofhis eftate and family as if he tuá,cederiribur Y > tibi tebtes'em had Paid, heretofore thou didft vifit thy habitation, and didft not mbar provoco profper, but ifthou (halt now humble thy felf,thou (halt vifit thy (9° ex ani'l habitation, and all (hall profper, things (hall go weil with thee, fenteabcrya is, er. Inters a6rrra thou (halt not labour in vain , or loofe thy end in the care thou (c.d fcopo &'takeftabout thy family. fine detrderij Secondly, the fenfe may be this, thou (halt order and vifit thy Cos. 1 family, with fomuch juftice,equ,ity, and holinefs, thatthou theft not fin , Not that Eliphhaz undertakes his abfolute freedomfroth. Gaa,
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