68o Chap. 34. An Expof:tion upon the Bookof J o B Verf. 24ó °I nD ad u- tinned diftin6kl in the next claufe, it is belt to render the word 4'611146 Pan- by areatnefs in power or might here. For leafl any fhould think ter, f fed malo God couldbreak only a fewmighty men, therefore it is laid, he fortes. Mere. Iball break in pieces mighty men, in all the notions of might, the mighty in corporal arength, the mighty in civil flrength, power, or aurhority,yea martial mighty men, if they Rand inhit way,and hinder his work, without number. All thefe God breaketh in pieces like aPottersveffel,as if they 1Ñn üt1 pro were but a fwarm of ftiesand fweeps them away in a moment: As 727 nt, its rfhe had faid,Godwill give innumerable examples of his infinite ut numeruo eo- power and unbyafs'd juifice in deftroying thewicked, hehath and rum invejliga- will deftroy fomany of them, that íßoman knoweth howmany he ri nonpmt, hath deflrayed, or will dearoy. Ftfc. There isanotherreading ofthe words, Our Tranflaters put it Gerto numero a contineri non in the marginof our Bibles, He'hall break in pieces mighty noels pq/funt, quos withoutfearching out, which may have a two-fold interpretation. prayerpeccata Fira, He (hall break them in pieces,andnomanought to fearch Dei suflttia or enquire into his doings, orfayunto him (as that mighty Mo- canterer,Aqut. parch confelfed, Dan. 4. 35.) what doeFt thou ? And thus it an- fwers what was faid in the former verfe, They 'hall not enter into judgement with God. Somehave apriviledge at Sea topats with.. out fearching, no manmull enquire what they carry,or whattheir 'lading is; furely when the Lord breaketh mighty men, no man 'may fearch into his doings,or enquire intohis aEtions,furtherthen for his owninaru6ion andadmonition, that he may anfwer the purpofe of God in them, andgive himglory. Secondly, Hewill break them in pieces withoutfearching; that tau cui omniais, without any formal examinationor ufual wayes of Procefs, at norofuni, non lean without any known to us. The Lord needs not to Rand opus habet, in fearchingas mendó; to`finde out mattersagainft the mighty, to fa£la sere, m frame articles, or to bring inhis Bill of Attainder againa them inquirere, > a a Dxuf, God needeth not fearch to know, becaufehe knower!) all things without fearching, and therefore may juftly break men in pieces without this kinde of fearching ; or, Hewill break them topieces without inguifition ; tl-. t is, without (hewing caufe why. God Both not alwayespublifh the reafons of his proceedings,his judgements are often fecret, though never unjuft. We render well, Hewill break inpieces mightymen, without
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