ex...Was* Chap. 5. AnExpofition upon the Book of J Q B, Vex£ 2d fin but he fhould not finas(he fuppofed he had)before,thou Ihalt not run into fuch errors, or fplit thy felf upon fuch rocks as have wrackt thy former greatnefs. And thus he fecretly reproves jobs' former carriage in hisfamily, as irregular and fintùl. There is a further expofition loyning both thefe together,ihoae /halt vifit thy houfe, and fhalt not fin, namely, by conniving or winkingat the fins and diforders ofthy family, and yet thou tlralt hav; peace; thy ffri& and faithful carriage in over- teeing thy fa- mily; fhall not provoke either fervants, or children to-contention and complainings, to anger and paflion ; Thy holy feverity (hall not fill thy houle with quarrels and troubles ; but God thall fo Donefitrt$or_ overawe the fpirits of thofe under thee, that they Bali willingly cenfebuaef, tae- - chearfully fubmit to thy purer difcipline, ®bferve hence, tabl. Firff, It is agreat and afpecial point of godly wifdome, well to order and vifit afamily. Families are the principles or feeds of a Common-wealth; As every man is a little world, fo every houle is a littleKing- dome, Afamily is a Common-weaith in a little volume. And the rules of it, are an epitomic of all Lawes, by which 'whole Na- tions are govern'd. The Apofile makes it a fpecial character of his Bifhop. That he mull be one who ruleshis ownhoufe well ; and fubjoynes the reafon, For if a man know not how to rule his own houfe, how fhalf loe tame care of the Church of God? a Tim. 3, ., 5, And thereinwraps up this truth, that he who knows how to rule his own houfe well, is ina good poftureof fpírit for pub - like rule. The fame wifdorne, and juffice,and holinefs for kind, oily moreenlarg'd and extenfive, as in either fpheare, and will regularly move both. Secondly, A family well vi f ledand ordered, is ufually a profperous fa- milt'. Sin fpoiles the comforts and cankers the bleffings of a family' Sin brought into a houfe rots the timber, and pulls down the houfe ; or it undermines the foundation, and blows up the houfe. The fin offamilies, is the ruine and confumption of families. Hence thirdly®bferve, To be kept from fin, is ''better and a greater bleffing, than 4f outwardbleffings. When Eliphaa had reckoned up all the comforts, which repen tingfob is promifed ; Thou (halt be delivered in fix troubles and Judd in
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