Chap. 32. An Expofation upon the Bookof J o B. Yeti.. t 3. 9 this verfe, God thrufleth him.dewne, notman; That Jobs friends iuflo, qui nec lad the maine ground-workeof their hard opinion concerning faÜere net faäi him in the dealings of God with him, is evident by what bath diet© eonfequx been fheved from many pafiages quite through the ßooke ; AlI tut plant which maybe refoived into the fence,nowgiven, of this one;Ged bum ejla tm- thruftethhim downe, notman, and thereforehe is a wicked man. prabu. Aquin: Druf: Mere: Hence obferve. Firfi, 7,e afliftiens and thruftings downeofforre menare emi- nently from the hand of God. Every affli&ion is fromGod, but force are more fromGod. As God is more vifibly feene in the lifting up of force men , fo in the cartingdown of others. Every man that is lifted up, is lifted up by the hand of God ; 'Tis the moil High, who one way or other, fetteth any man on high ; but in fetting up force men on high, his workings are fo high, that every man may fee them and fay, The finger of God is there, the hand of God hath done it. 'Tis thus alfo in thrufling men downe ; every affiielion, every thrufling downe, is fromGod, there is a hand ofGod in it ; for as Eliphaz fpake ( Chap. 5.6.) Af ietion comes not forth of the duff, nor Both trouble Bringout of theground : Whence then are troubles?Surely they drop downe from heaven; they are from the earth as to the contradlingof them , but from heaven as to the contriving of them. Yet there are force troubles which fall from heaven more apparently then others doe ; That is, there ismore ofGod, more of the hand of God in fuch a difpenfation, then there is in others, though there be ahand of God inevery one : therefore fay fobs friends, God thrufts him downe, and not man ; this mans afiliélions are mighty ftroakes from heaven. For though God bath railedup and ufed inftrumenrs againft him,yet himfelfe bath appeared moil againil him. Secondly , Obferve. Thofe aft-Howwherein God doth eminently appease aping a man , feeme tobeare the greatefi witneffe againft him of his finfulneffe or wickedneffe. That was the fcope of Jobs friends, This is, fay they, anunde- niable argument, that theman is wicked, becaufe there is fuch an eminent handof Godupon him. This was the foundation upon N 2 which
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