-652 Chap. 31. Exklition upon the Book! . of Jo B. Ver1.3 t. Nerno aslhome- talky, faith, 2to man living in a wife mansfamily isbackwardto t1iarú o icia o teat ) y men andwomen , free-men both ed { and fervants fn11 ejt lA A I Dieotss fa.^ilia; are free to below their labeur in minifiring to firangere. Upon Tam ma?ieres theft Confiderations,I cannot Judge this expofition commodious yraa,n viii, tà>t or agreei-rg to this place. fervi qusrs irr. But there is another reafon why at leaft fome ofSobs fervants ñ ñqr 7Ó"toe might beangry with him, namely,the ftri&nef e of his Hos:fhold jpiubue. phi to di'cipline Doubt:WIC, Sob was a levere obferver of family du- de Hofpital. ties; he would not endure diforehrly perlons in his houle, who Abfa, kept not to the rules ofGodlynes and fobriety. We may paralel 74with David in this thing,whofe refolutions about the choyce and government of his family are let downe (rP/al, rot. 6. ) Mine eyes jballbe upon thefaithftell ofthe land, that they may dwel withme, he that walketh in a perfeli way he /ball ferve roe; he that worketh deceit fbaN not dwel within myborefe : he that telletb lye,, jball not tarry in myfight. It feemes David looked all the land o- ver among his Sub¡tees, to find choyce'perlons whom he might make his fervants. And here he gives us an exalt charmer of them, both in the affirmative and in the negative, or whom he admitted into and whom he expelled from and call out ofhis fa: milt'.; The Faithful! and fuch as walked in a perfed way were ad- rnitted,deceitfull workers & ly- tellers (under which two all forts ofwicked perlons are comprehended, thefe I fay) eyther were rot at all receaved into his family, or upon difcovery of their noughtynes they were difcharged and caft out, Now Sob exer- cifing (Lich a kid difcipline as this in his family, did poffibly fo torment forme of his, fervants; that they countedhis houle a pri- Ion, and evenwifht his death; or could have eaten him up alive. Thus the interpretation ofthele words caryeth an expreffìon of ex:reameft anger in Sobs fervants at the ftridnes of his houfhold government. Secondly Others expoundthem as an argument ofthe ex- treame love and good will which his fervants bare him. As job was not revengeful) to his enemies, fo he was very kind and fweec to thofe of his ovine family, both to his fervants and friends; This gained fo farre upon their affe&ions, that they wifht tobe alwayes in his fight; they couldnot be fatisfied without his fleflr, that is, his prefence, or himfelfe in perfon. 'Tis a great evidence ofa mans Juftice, kindaes, and goodneffe in his family, when _ there
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