Chap. 34. An Eapofition -upon the Book of J o s. Verf. to. 5 -59 of heaven,and among theinhabitants ofthe earth : and scone can,ay his hand, n r fay untohim, what daft thou r Which is true upon a double account ; Firfl, asto his foveraignty and dominion , he is fupreame. Lord, and none can give him a check or countermand ; who may fay roue him, what doff thou r Secondly, with refpec`t`to his righreoufneife. As he can doe what he will ; fo he will doe nothing,yea he candoe nothing but what is right,or what he mays. who can fay unto him, thouhaft done analffe ? who canfeea fault,in any of his worker ? Ìf God bath done a thing, there is no query tobe put about it whether it beright or no ? for he isrighteouf- nef e it felfe. ebraham ufethanother argument to (hew thatGod can doe no unrighteoufneffe ( Gen: 18. z5.) Shall not the fudge ofall the earth doe right ? God ( faith he ) is the Judgeof all'men, there- fore he neither will nor can doe wrong to any man. Abraham. didnot plead there, as if he doubted that Godmight goe wrong%, unleffe hebyhis interceflion did take him off; but he brings an argument whereby he was affured that God would doe right, yea could not but doe right. He is the Jutke of all the earth. So (Rom: 3.6. )' affoone as the Apofile had fayd, Is God unrighte our that takes vengeance? I fpeakas 4 man;he fubjnynes,Godfor bid, how thenfhall Godjudge theworld ? God is Judge of all the world, and the univerfality of his power puts him above all bilk), oferror in the exercife of his power. Thevery reafon-why: Goddoth nor, cannot exercifehispower beyond or be(ides the. licatits of juflice, is becaufe his power is altogether unlimited. Fourthly , Ehhu here fpeakes of God under thenorion of a: Judge.; Shall he doe wickedly r'hall hecommit iniquity ?. Hence note. It is an abominationfer fudgesto leeunjufti Judgeshave juflice, as it were, in theirkeeping, theyhave the' chargeof juflice ; is it nbtan abominationforthe keepers or pro- te&ors of Juffice toviolate it l Eli/»i having thusdenied unrigh- teoufneffe or any iniquity inGod, proceeds to the proofe of ir.. Todeny hadbeen enough in this matter, but he gives a demon: ftration;as feverall'have been held out already in profecuting the: former obfervation, fo the following text-holds out anorher.. Verf. i I
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