be left in hisTabernacle, yet he (hall be afflicted. So 'tis meant of the wicked man himfelfe,. who ifheefcape the danger a- broad,yet fhal! not be fafe inhis own boufe;they who givethis fence relate it to f s b ; For when the fire of afflid ion had con- fumedhiseftate, yet fob was left in hisTabernacle, and fuper- vivedthofe calamities. Now faithZophar,fuppofe he be left in hisTabernacle, yet it fitall beill withhim; As ifhe had ftid, , Thychildren, and thy fubftance-are confumed, and thou art left in thj Tabernacle, but dothit notgeeillwith thee,?Thou artfu ll of difeafe, without, andhaft a troubledmindwithin. T here is,a truth in that. _ . But I rather conceive that this latter claule refpe'ets thole who belong to the wickedman, then the wickedman himfelf. This renders the judgment more compleat and extepfiye. The Originall word which we tranflace left, is applicable to things and perfons. Some reftraine it h ere in the firft fignifica*- tion to biseftate and goods As if hehad faid, Fire (hall con- ag fa m ed fumehimabroad, and if there be any thing left in his Taber- perfonastumad nacle, anygoods, fire (hall deftroy them too. It (hall goe ill rf ‘R P E H with that whichremaines, ifthere be a poore pittance left, he tJT\ l sr ‘ flaall he wringed in^that, or that fhall be wrung from 'secondly We referre it to a perfon, to hischildren, and relations. Ashe himfelfe fhall fare ill, fo they that are his lhall farenobetter,That the finsofwickedmen redoundto,and draw judgments upon their pofleritie, or thofe who are left in their Tabernacle hath beenobferved fromother Textsofthis Book,* and therefore! forbeare to drawout orenlargeupon that point here. C h a p . 2 0 . % A n S x p o f i t i o n u p o n t h e 'B o o k . o f J o b . V e r b 26, 5 § 5
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