An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Secondly, There is a visitation of God in anger, wrath and judgement. The Law saith (Exod. 20.4, 5.) Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image, &c. Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children, unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me: That is punishing the iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children, these Children continuing in their Fathers ways, to do sinfully; such Children ⟨p. 118⟩[…] ⟨p. 119⟩[…] ⟨p. 120⟩as take up the evil examples, or tread in the bad steps of their fore-Fathers, shall suffer for it. The Prophet at once upbraided the impudent Jews, and threatened them in this Language, (Jer. 6.15.) Were they ashamed when they had committed abominations? nay, they were not ashamed, neither could they blush; therefore they shall fall among them that fall at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. Again, (Isa. 26.14.) Therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them. There is a visitation for destruction, that's a sad visitation. In this sense we read of a time of visitation (Jer. 8.12. Jer. 10.15.) We read of days of visitation, (Hosea 9.7.) The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come. We read also of a year of visitation, (Jer. 23.12.) For I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. As also (Chap. 11.23.) I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. This is the visitation here spoken of; it is a time, a day, a year of sore visitation with thee, O Job. Because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger.