Chap. 34. 4,e L.t-polit:en upon the Bo%of J o B. Verf: 15. box all his thoughtsperifh, happy is the man that path the God ofJacob for his help.What can duct do for duff ?what can dufa get by duo? that which is weake may become flrong, by trulling to, or leaning upon that which is flrong; the weaken man is flrong enough, while he trufleth upon the wrong God ; but if weake trull upon weake, how !hall it be made ilrong. Therefore let all flefh hear- ken to the words of the holy. Prophet (Ifa: i.2i:) Ceafe yefrom man, whole breath is in his noftrulls ; forwherein is heto be ac- counted of f-Man himfelfe is a foone-ceasing creature (Davidufeth the nounof this verbe to expref e himfelfe fo, Pfal: 39. 4.) and therefore we have reafon to ceafe fromman,' to ceafe from any high eflimation of the higher+ men, much more from any -confi- dence in them. What can we affure our felves of from any man living, Seeing he bath no affurance of his ovine life ? The Prophet would have us underfland that, while he faith, his breath is in -his noftrills ; Mans life is gone as foone as his breath is gone, and how foone may that be gone ! David defcLibeth a proud man, puffing at his enemies (Ptah to. 5.) He is puffed up and fwelled with high conceits of himfelfe, as if hehad forne great matter in him, and he puffs at others as if he could do force great matter againfl them,forgetting that himfelfe is but(as tohis being in this world) a puffe of wind, which paffeth away. As then, we need not feare what hurt man candoe us, fo we fhotild not hope nor have anyex- peelationfrom him that heby his owne power (howgreat foever his power is ) can doe us any good. wherein (as to either of thefe purpofes)is man to be accounted of? Man is an excellent creature, acreature of high account,as bearing the imageof God,his foul is of more worth then the gaineof the whole world(Math:16:26:) and thus he is more to be accounted of, then all that in the world is moil accountedof ; But confider him as to the fraylety of his life, and thepoffibility,yea probability of his fuddaine paffageout of this world, and then, wherein is he to be accountedof ?.Ifwe op- pole man toGod,or compare man with God,or trufa man in (lead ofGod, he isas vaine and worthlefllè as any thing, a thing of no- thing, or°leffe then nothing.' Hhhh . - J0131
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