Chap. 2,2. An Expoftiont upon the Book.of J OB. Verf. 23. heart, but in tby hou/e, in thyfamily, children andfervants. e4nd thiefurely WAS it which provoked the Lord to cru/h thy family of children and theirfervants with the fallof a hours new therefore .I ceunfell thee toput away iniq«itie from thy tabernacle, that ie, from all that belong to thee,from all that are under thy fhadow, a.nd ass committed to thy trollandcharge. Hence obferve ; That they who repent truly lhould indeavour to purge ,.crn,not only from themfelves, but fromall that belong to them. They fhould cleanfenot.their perlons onely, but their families, they fhould (weep their houfes,.as well as their hearts from fin. (gen. 35 2.) Then Jacobfaid to hu h u/ehold, and toall that were with him, put away theorangeÇods(or, the eftranging,Cods(fuch are..Idóls, they are not onely Prange, becaufe new Gods, and f range,becaute'tis a ftrange or wonderful) thing that man fhould be fo befotted as to worfhip inch things for Gods, but théy are eftrangingGods) becaufe they withdraw or fiéal away the heart from the true God ; therefore laid ?acob put away thePrange Gods) that-are among you, andbeeltane,andchange your garments,,. Thisbutward changingof their garments fignified the changing or cleanfing oftheir foules. God principally looks at that, and the outwardceremony haeh noaccep:ance at all without the in- ward fincerity ; In comparifon of which,as the Lord laid in ?del, Rentyour hearts, andnot yourgarments, fo he would lay here, change your hearts, and not your Garments, Now 7acob was very careful! that this bleffed change of Garments, betokening the change andcleanfing both of heart and life, fhould be the livery ofall his familyand houfehold. Family fins bring family judge - ments as well as perfonall :and they that have the charge ofa fa- mily, have (in a great degree) a chargeof foules as well as of bo- dies ; every Kilter ofa family h,ath cure offouler: And he is to fee fo farce as Iieth in hire, that no fionc nor wickednefe remainc or be harboured in his family, that his children and feryants live nor in ignorance, nor in any eoiil. In the 6th of Numbers, Mofès gives charge to theCongregation, 7/á4t they f cidd depart from the tents of tbofe wicked men, Cara'o 'D ehan. .4fbt''ram;it isdan- gerous ro be neer the families of thewiciced, !ant it is cm re dan. gerous to have wickedneffe remaining in our family, inour fer- vants, 139
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