io6 Chap, is. expof:ti:9nupon the ookof J o B. Ver1.15. 1vß fhall defiruc` ion and mifery dwell there , becaufe the hotîleis none of his ; but Brimf;tone (hallbe fcattereduponhis habitation.. :ï. r E'.,tir-.,2 guin in jobum contcrgueat at- ins ficultaturn pars ignt aBlrf Líf xleiapj0cdnrump- ta frais. mere: As if he had laid , either the eflate of a wick :d man flag be conveyed over to. and poffefl'ed by ttrangers ; or ifnot, yet it (hall perifh, it (hall be confumed as with fire and brimflone, from heaven ; Brimfione /hall be fcattered upon his habitation. Thefe tail words of the Allegory , fhew the extremicie, the ut- mofi of the judgement; Brimftone is a dreadful( word, it hash a favour of hell in it, the favour of eternall death in it; Brimfone fh',all befcattered. And it is conceived, that Bildádin this, either in- timates the manner ofthat judgement which God fent upon lob in the firfl Chapter, when the fire of God fell from heaven, and confumed his fheepe. Fire from heaven is a fulphurious fire ; Here Bildadfeemes to fay ; Thouart the man ; on thy habitationbrim- flone (hall be fcattered : thy flocksof fheepe were burnt with fire from heaven. Or, That, be in this mindes lob of the terrible judgement of God upon Sodome, and Gomorrah, ofwhich we read ( Gen.] 9. 24. ) whomGod confumed from heavenby raining downe brim- flone upon them ; Briínfone was fcattered upon their habitation. So the meaning is , The dwelling of this wicked man, (hail ei- ther paffe away toothers, or mifery (hall dwell in it , or it (hall be utterlyconfumed by fire; Brimftone ¡hall befcatteredUpon his habitation_ It is very frequent in Scripture, when any great judgement is fpoken of to allude to the dealingof God with Sodome, and Gomorrah, in fcattering fire, and brimfione..Dent. 29.23. The whole landthereofis brimflone, &falt,andburning,that is notfowen, nor beareth, nor aay graffegrowth therein, like the overthrowof S m c- do,andGomorrah, Admah,andZeboim,which the Lora' overtbrew inhis anger, and in his wrath. l?fal. r r. 6. He_Mall raine downe up- en the wicked, fire andbrimftonr, this/hall be the portion of hks cap, Ezck, 38. 22, Ira. 34.. 9. Ifa. 13. 9. 7erem, 49.18. In a;i axle. you (hall finde an ailufon Hill made to the confumptior. of So- dom and gomorrah. When God threatneth to, bring a totalicor- famption upon a people, and to deflroy them utterly from the daceofthe earth;tloen(faith he)1*illdo tole* rs l did:iv Sadem,and Gomorrah
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