736 Chap. 34. An Expoftion upòn the Book of 3 o B. Verf.29, can make trouble ? efpecially to three forts of perrons. Firlt, To politickmen ; fo`me prefume they can trouble nati- onsand 1hake the furefl foundations of peace, with the engineof their braine, with their wit and fubrlery. Yet this engine proves ufeletfe and unferviceable to that end, where the Lord gives quì- etne(ie.. Ahitophell was as an oracle of God for wifdome in his times, andhe -f reteht his braines upon the centers to make trou- ble but God fayd there fhould be peace, and therefore (as Da- vidprayed ) his wifdome was turned intofoolifhnefr.7here u no wif- dome (faith Solomon thewife , Pro: 21. 3o.) nor underflanding nor counfel againft the Lord. Secondly, Wemay put the quefiion(who can make trouble ?) to mighty men; their power ( the flrength of their Armies, and arme) cannot doe it ? Senacharib came with amighty boil to difturbIfrael,but he could not make trouble,he could not fomuch as ihoot an arrow againft jerufalem, when the Lord.forbad it. Thirdly , We mayput the queftion (who can make trouble ?) to magicall men or forcerers ; They cannot doe it by their wiche- ryes andenchantments,by their clofeft correfpondencies with the devill himfelfe. This was Balaams conclufon, who (it feemes ) traded that way to doe mifchiefe( Numb: 2.3. 23.) Sorely there is no inckantment againft Jacob, neither is there any divination a- gainft Ifrael: according to this time it (hall be faydofJacob, andof Ifrael, what bath God wrought ? WhenGodis refolved togive a peoplequietneffe, though the devil( would, he cannot difturbe them. We need not feare witches or magicians (who correfpond with hell to trouble the earth) ifGod fay there (hall be peace ; neither policy, nor power, nor wischery, can prevaile againfl the purpofe ofGod. Then happy are that people, who have the Lord for their God (Pfal: 144 - t 5. ) what can a people defire more to make them happy, then to have the Lord for their God ,- if we confider thefe two things ? Firft, God hath a negative voyce upon all the counfells of the wifett men in the world ; if he faithit (hall nor be, it cannot be, whofoever faith this or'that (hall be ( Lam: 3.37.) Who is he that faithand it cometh topaffe,when the Lord commanded) it not e if he gives not his anent, nothing can paffe into a law.The Lords ( ingle negati.ve flopsthe affirmative votes of all men joyned in one. Secondly,
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