584 Chap. 34. An Expo?r on upon the Book,of j OB Verf, 1,3. Rion eset (die- not ufe anypower ingoverning this world, to diminifh his owne, H adjutorijs nor loth he withdraw his own,: pcwer, what power foever he u- ad regeratum feth ; 'tis his power that as effechially, and gives fucceffe in the rnurdum qui ron quit ad ;c`Iing of all power. It was fayd ro that King who prided himfelfe' frriendunn. in what he had don: -in the world; Shall the Axe ball it felfe ot, Greg: Lib: 24. o nf`i.himthat heweth therewith, or (hall the fair maanifae it felfe 1NIVral: caab againf him thatfpah th it ? (li'a: r o. i5.) As if theLord had fayd to that proud Aflyrian Prince , Dolt thou IoclLe upon thy felfe, au Ifthou didf all, andBove oiedf$ all ? thou art no more in thego -, verning the world (though the chiefs earthly Governour ofall the world) then anAxe is in the hand of him that ufeth it;And though the artificer cannot doe his worke without an Axe, though he cannot divide his Timber without afaw, yet I the Lord am able to doe my worke without thee. At bell andmoil, men are but inflruments in the -hand of God ; and he ferves his owne to me bymen , not to fignifie that he cannot worke without them, nor that his worke is done either withmo:ecafe to himfelfe, or more fucceffe as to it felfeby their helpe (he is notfo weake as to need helpe, nor is at all (lrengthnedby the helpehe ufeth ) butonly to thew that as he bath the command of,fo he hath a ufe for every creature (Ifa: 7, z8. ) The Lordfhallhiffefor thefly; ifGod doe but hiffe to the fly, or any creature onearth, yea to the devills inhell, theyare at his call, and doe his will, though they intend it nor. Further; thoughGod can,doe all himfelfe , yet he ufeth various inllru-. ments, that hemay indear man ro man, or that no man may fay, he bath noneed of another. Thus the Apoflleargues (a Cor: i 2. t .)7he ere cannot fay unto the hand, Ihave no need of thee : nor againe the head to thefeete, I.have noneed o fyou. Su,ely then the feete cannot fay to the head,we have no needofthee,nor the hand to the eye, we have noneed of thee. That, Creatures may (hew their love to one another, and fee theirneed of one another, God is pleafed to give them a charge to worke and difpefe of the things in the world, though the charge and difpofure of the whole world be in himfelfe. New if the Lordbe thus invefled with all power originally and effentially, then I would mind thole who are in power of two things, and thofé that are under power ofone. Firfl, Let these that havepower remember to safe it for god,. They thathave but family rower fhould ufe it forGod ;howmuch more
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