Chap,, 34, Ax Expefstion upon the Beek of J o B. Verf:x 3, EarthlyJudgesmay erre in judgment, but the.Judgeof all the earth cannot. God cannot doe injuflice through ignorance or niiflake ; for he is omnifcient and kncwerh all things; nor caii he have awill to doe unjuflly, feeing his will is altogether juft, and the rule or meafure of all things that are juft. As therefore he is not an idle Idol-godbut moll wive in governing the World foheis infinitely above the leaf+ failer in thegovernment of ir. The Sun (hall fooner be turned into a cloud, and the morning light darken the earth, then any unrighteoufnef a proceed from God ; yea, when clouds anddarkneffe are round about him ( than is, when we by reafoneither of the obfcureneffe or afflic&ivenefle ofhis difpenfationscan give no account of them, yet even then ) righteosifnef fe andjudgment are the habitation ofkit Throne ; that is, hisgoverning power abides unmoveably, or conftantly (as in a habitation) within that bleffed line and glorious fpheare of righ- rpfe quoin po- teoufneffe. So then, the reafoning of Elihu from the univerfality tens ell oondi- and independency of the governing power of God, ro the righter- for romp :rte oufneffe andequityof his government is not only probable, but =nóderoror.. Y p Hieron: demonflrative and unanfwerable. He is alike mighty as the fole creator, and juft as the fupreame moderator of the World. If any man will prefume to charge God with perverting judgment in governingthe earth,that man faith in effe6 that he hath given God a charge over the earth ; And if any man be fo impioufìy and impudently prefumptuousas ro fay that, let him come forth and anfwer this as peremptorily as truly denying quefllion of Elihu; Who loathgiven himq charZe over the earth f Hence Obferve. Thepower ofGod is aprimitive aI underived.power., His power is of .himfelfe ; yea, his power is himfelf ; God rt loth not rule by Commiffion or Deputation, all ruling power is fundamentally in him , as alto the rule of that power, both which inGod are one. Jefus C'hrifl as Mediatour rules byCommiflion; all things (faith he, Math: II. 27.) are delivered to meofmy Father. And againe , the Baptift gave this teftimony of hirn (john 3. 3 5.) Thefather loveth theSon, and bathgiven aff things into his hand, Jefus Chrifi as Mediator receives his C!ìaree from the Father, and he hath received a Charge over thewhole earn, as Mediator. But confider him as God, fo the government of the E e .e e 2 ro.ld 579
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