1 1 6 Chap. r. An Expo,làtion upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. i.o, therefore God himfelf either is, or makes the hedge. there is no firength in man but Satan can over-match it:,Satancanoverpower all the flrength, and out-wit all the wifdome that is in the crea- ture. Flefh and blood are no match for a fpir t. Andwe wrejtle not-againji flefh' andblood, but agáinft Principalities and Powers,and fpiritual wickednefr inhigh places, Ephef. 6. 12. But ifGod makes an hedge about us, it is not in the power of all theenemies in the world, whether men or devils, to make a gap in it ; they are fure that are under thétproteetion of God. They that dwellin thefecret placeOfthe molt high, theyfhall abide (fafe) under theJhadowof the Almighty, Pfal. 91. 1.. _ Fifthly,you fee here how far the hedge goeth;an hedge not only about his perfon and heuihold, but about all that he loath. Take the meaneft thing that Job hath, Gadprotests it, and hedgeth it about. Thenwe may note this, That Godbath an efpecial care, and doth exceedingly prize even the meaneft thing that belongs to one ofhis Servants. Godwould not beftow anhedge about it, if he did not prize it :. A. man will not hedge or wall that about , which he doth not value. God highly values the meaneft thing that belongs to oneof his fervants. The Pfalmiff faith, P.reci- Pfal. I. r6, ous in thefight ofthe Lord is the death of his Saints. But not only is the blood, the life ofthe Saints, precious in the fight of God, but every member, every 'hair of their head is precious : God numbers there. Not only are their children precious, but every thing that's called theirs,their fervants,their houthold,their cattel, their Oxen, their Affes, whatfoever theyhave is all precious in the fight ofGod. Laftly, Obferve, 7 hat Satanbath a deadly fpight,not only againft: the perlons of. the Godly, but agáinft everything that belongs unto a Godly man. Satan would not onlyhurt and annoy them in their perfons, but in every thing that's theirs. If God (if we may fo.(peak with.reverence) should leave but a dog that belongs unto one of his Servants un- guarded, Satan would do it a mifchief; Satan Would be doing-at the leaft thing, rather then not do mil-chief. Ifhe cannot defiroy our fouls, he would be at the very. hair of our heads ; therefore Chrift to comfort the Difciples in the time.of trouble afFures them, t' io, 3". that the veryhairs of their heads were numifred:-As ifhe fhould fay,, God will have an account ofevery hair;the enemies cannot pull oil' ahair, but Godwill call them toa reckoning [brit. And.
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