An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

The sum of all is, as if Bildad had said unto Job: Thy habitation hath heretofore been an habitation of unrighteousness, of impiety, of tyranny, thy house hath been filled with spoil and oppression, thy Tabernacle hath been a Sanctuary for wickedness, a lodging or rendezvous for all manner of riot and intemperance, of rapine and injustice; but now, Job, if thou wilt make thy self pure and upright, thou shalt see the case will alter; whereas before troops and armies of miseries have invaded thee, and spoiled all thou hadst within and without; now, if in thy house, where wickedness formerly dwelt, righteousness shall enter and dwell, ¹thou shalt see that with righteousness peace will enter too; Troubles will depart, when wickedness departs, and evils of punishment will dislodge with the evil of sin; when those better guests, righteousness and holiness come into, and are welcomed at thy house, ⟨p. 46⟩then thy house shall be better; when thy heart, and thy life change, thy estate shall change; and those comforts which have so long been strangers from thee shall return; thy banished mercies shall come home again, adorn thy walls, and strengthen thy family.

The summe of all is, as if Bildad had said unto Job: Thy habitation hath heretofore been an habitation of unrighteousnesse, of impiety, of tyranny, thy house hath been filled with spoyl and oppression, thy Tabernacle hath been a Sanctuary for wickednesse, a lodging or rendezvous for all manner of riot and intemperance, of rapine and injustice; but now, Job, if thou wilt make thy self pure and upright, thou shalt see the case will alter; whereas before troops and armies of miseries have invaded thee, and spoil'd all thou hadst within and without; now, if in thy house, where wickednesse formerly dwelt, righteousnesse shall enter and dwell, ¹thou shalt see that with righteousnesse peace will enter too; Troubles will depart, when wickednesse departs, and evils of punishment will dislodge with the evil of sinne; when those better guests, righteousnesse and holinesse come into, and are welcom'd at thy house, ⟨p. 46⟩then thy house shall be better; when thy heart, and thy life change, thy estate shall change; and those comforts which have so long been strangers from thee shall return; thy banished mercies shall come home again, adorn thy wals, and strengthen thy familie.